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diethylformamide
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Diethylformamide is an organic compound with the formula C5H11NO. As its name indicates, it is structurally related to formamide, having two ethyl groups in place of the two hydrogens. It is used in place of the related dimethylformamide for niche applications.
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It is catalogued under topics including Amide solvents, Chembox image size set and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H11NO
- Molecular weight
- 101.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N,N-diethylformamide
- SMILES
- CCN(CC)C=O
- InChIKey
- SUAKHGWARZSWIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.5
- Polar surface area
- 20.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 101.084063972
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- canonical SMILES
- CCN(CC)C=O
- Commons category
- Diethylformamide
- chemical formula
- C₅H₁₁NO
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Preparation
- Applications
- References
Diethylformamide is an organic compound with the formula C5H11NO. As its name indicates, it is structurally related to formamide, having two ethyl groups in place of the two hydrogens. It is used in place of the related dimethylformamide for niche applications.
==Preparation== Diethylformamide may be prepared industrially by combining diethylamine and methyl formate at atmospheric pressure.
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