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Pyridine

110-86-1C5H5N79.102 g/mol

An azaarene comprising a benzene core in which one -CH group is replaced by a nitrogen atom. It is the parent compound of the class pyridines. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

2 indexed references
US · NIOSH

Occupational chemical safety guide

Pyridine

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JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

R02-B-035-MHLW, MOE · FY2020

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number110-86-1ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC5H5NChEBI ↗
Molar mass79.102 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass79.0422 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:16227ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass79.10 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass79.042199164 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP0.7PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)12.9PubChem ↗
H-bond donors0PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors1PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds0PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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pyridine
pyridine
JUJWROOIHBZHMG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
c1ccncc1
InChI=1S/C5H5N/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-5H

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

environmental contaminant

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2020 source classification
Pyridine · R02-B-035-MHLW, MOE
EndpointReported classification
Flammable liquidsCategory 2
Acute toxicity (Oral)Category 4
Acute toxicity (Dermal)Category 4
Acute toxicity (Inhalation: Vapours)Category 4
Skin corrosion/irritationCategory 1
Serious eye damage/eye irritationCategory 1

Selected source-reported endpoints. Other endpoints, rationales and conditions remain in the original classification. Missing or unlisted information does not mean non-hazardous. This is not a global classification or transport decision.

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0126419 mol

Uses 79.102 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 5 atoms
75.92%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
17.71%
H
Hydrogen · 5 atoms
6.37%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
UV photolysis for accelerating pyridine biodegradation. ↗Environmental science & technology · 2014 · PMID 24364496
Kinetics study of pyridine biodegradation by a novel bacterial strain, Rhizobium sp. NJUST18. ↗Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2014 Jun · PMID 24425539

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:16227

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 1049 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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