Acetonitrile can be used to synthesize a variety of pharmaceutical and pesticide intermediates.
In medicine, it is used to synthesize a series of important pharmaceutical intermediates such as vitamin B1, metronidazole, ethambutol, triamterene, adenine and dimethicone.
In pesticides, it is used to synthesize pyrethroid insecticides and pesticide intermediates such as etoxicarb.
