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Acetamide

~99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

Amide C2

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Linear Formula:
CH3CONH2
CAS Number:
60-35-5
Molecular Weight:
59.07
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1071207
EC Number:
200-473-5
MDL number:
MFCD00008023
UNSPSC Code:
12352111
PubChem Substance ID:
24278222
NACRES:
NA.77

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 65 °C)

assay

~99% (GC)

form

powder or crystals

bp

221 °C (lit.)

mp

78-80 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: 0.2 g/L, clear, colorless

SMILES string

CC(N)=O

InChI

1S/C2H5NO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H2,3,4)

InChI key

DLFVBJFMPXGRIB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

rat ... Ggt1(116568)

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General description

Acetamide based derivatives are potential anti-microbial, antifungal agents, used as disinfectants. Cigarette smoking triggers acetamide release. It is a minor by-product of paracetamol degradation. Acetamide is carcinogenic in rats.

Application

Acetamide has been used:
  • for the induction of recombinant protein in M. smegmatis
  • as a component of acetamide medium for fungal selection
  • in quenching experiment in mice tissue samples

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Health hazard
GHS08

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Warning

hcodes

H351

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Cell Stem Cell, 23(4), 530-543 (2018)
Gas chromatographic?mass spectrometric analysis of acrylamide and acetamide in cigarette mainstream smoke after on-column injection
Diekmann J, et al.
Journal of Chromatographic Science, 46(7), 659-663 (2008)
The RD1 proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis and biochemical characterization
Daugelat S, et al.
Microbes and Infection, 5(12), 1082-1095 (2003)
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