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acetoacetamide
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Acetoacetamide is an organic compound with the formula . It is the amide of acetoacetic acid. It is produced by treating diketene with aqueous ammonia
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H7NO2
- Molecular weight
- 101.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-oxobutanamide
- SMILES
- CC(=O)CC(=O)N
- InChIKey
- GCPWJFKTWGFEHH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 60.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 101.048
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₇NO₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)CC(=O)N
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- Acetoacetamide
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Encyclopedic overview
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Acetoacetamide is an organic compound with the formula . It is the amide of acetoacetic acid. It is produced by treating diketene with aqueous ammonia
It results from degradation of the sweetner acesulfame potassium.
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