Benzyl Nitrile Production Cost Reports

Benzyl Nitrile production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Benzyl Nitrile production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Benzyl Nitrile. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Benzyl Nitrile or Benzyl Cyanide (shortened BnCN), with the chemical formula C6H5CH2CN, is a vital intermediate in organic chemistry to make various important and dangerous compounds. It’s produced by reacting benzyl chloride with sodium cyanide.

It looks colourless to a faintly pale-yellow liquid organic compound in colour with an oily consistency and has an aromatic smell. It is soluble in water. It has a molecular weight of 117.1479 g/mol and a density of 1.015 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.). Its respective boiling, melting, and flash points are 233-234 °C (lit.), −24 °C (lit.), and 102 °C. It is an irritant to the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes and could potentially burn the skin and eyes. It is highly toxic upon being inhaled, ingested, and absorbed by the skin.

Benzyl Nitrile is used to produce phenobarbital, methylphenidate, and other amphetamines. It is also employed for making methadone, pethidine and ketobemidone in case substituted further. In addition, it is employed to carry out the organic synthesis of pesticides, insecticides, dyes, perfume, and pharmaceuticals, specifically penicillin precursors. Furthermore, as a solvent and a starting material, it finds application in synthesising fungicides, antibiotics, fragrances (phenethyl alcohol), and other pharmaceuticals.

The chemical's partial hydrolysis leads to the production of 2-phenylacetamide, a popular anticonvulsant that is useful in perfumery. In the pharmaceutical industry, it finds use as a chemical intermediate for making pharmaceutical drugs. Other uses of the chemical include its use with esters to make perfumes and flavours; to synthesise optical bleaches for fibres. Hence, the employment of chemicals in the production of a variety of other products is driving up the market's expansion.