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fluoroacetamide

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Also known as Fluoracetamide, Fluoroacetic acid amide, Monofluoroacetamide

Fluoroacetamide is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group. It is a very toxic metabolic poison which disrupts the citric acid cycle and was used as a rodenticide. If consumed it can cause reproductive disorders. In addition it causes serious eye damage.

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77.028
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chemical formula
C₂H₄FNO
canonical SMILES
C(C(=O)N)F
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Fluoroacetamide
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Fluoroacetamide is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group. It is a very toxic metabolic poison which disrupts the citric acid cycle and was used as a rodenticide. If consumed it can cause reproductive disorders. In addition it causes serious eye damage.

==See also== Sodium fluoroacetate

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