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cyanoacetamide
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2-Cyanoacetamide is an organic compound. It is an acetic amide with a nitrile functional group.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H4N2O
- Molecular weight
- 84.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-cyanoacetamide
- SMILES
- C(C#N)C(=O)N
- InChIKey
- DGJMPUGMZIKDRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 66.9 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
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 84.032363
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- melting point
- 120.0
- chemical formula
- C₃H₄N₂O
- canonical SMILES
- N#CCC(=O)N
- found in taxon
- Apis
- Commons category
- Cyanoacetamide
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Preparation
- See also
- References
2-Cyanoacetamide is an organic compound. It is an acetic amide with a nitrile functional group.
==Uses== Cyanoacetamide is used in spectrofluorimetric methods to determine the activity of antihistamine H1 receptor antagonistic drugs such as ebastine, cetirizine dihydrochloride and fexofenadine hydrochloride.
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