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Rev Cub de Tec de la Sal 2015; 6 (1)

Poisoning caused by acetonitrile and isopropyl alcohol

Padrón GC

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 42-46
PDF size: 337.43 Kb.


ABSTRACT

It is presented the case of two patients who died to the ingestion of acetonitrile and isopropyl alcohol. Expiration caused by poisoning of acetonitrile and isopropyl alcohol is uncommon, but not unknown in human beings. The acetonitrile is a chemical compost, liquid, colorless and it is represented by the formula: CH3Cn. The organic nitrile presents these characteristics: density (786 kg/m3; o, 786 g/cm3) – molecular mass (41,0 5 g/mol) – point of fusion (45ºC; 228 k) – point of ebullition (82ºc; 355k) – acidity (25 pka). On the other hand, the isopropyl alcohol is colorless, inflammable, with an intense odor and very miscible in water. Its semideveloped chemical formula is H3C- HCOH – CH3 and it is considered the simplest sample of secondary alcohol. It is also an isomer of propane, which presented a density of fusion (185 K; -88ºC) – point of ebullition (82ºC; 355K) and an index of refraction (1, 3756; 20ºC).


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  5. 5.http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_isoproplico




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