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methyl acetamide
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'''N-Methylacetamide''' is a chemical compound from the amides group. The compound is listed as very high concern by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H7NO
- Molecular weight
- 73.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-methylacetamide
- SMILES
- CC(=O)NC
- InChIKey
- OHLUUHNLEMFGTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.1
- Polar surface area
- 29.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)NC
- isomeric SMILES
- C/C(=N/C)/O
- Commons category
- N-Methylacetamide
- chemical formula
- C₃H₇NO
- safety classification and labelling
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
- melting point
- 27.0
- density
- 0.942
- boiling point
- 202
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Generation
- Characteristics
- Use
- See also
- References
'''N-Methylacetamide' is a chemical compound from the amides group. The compound is listed as very high concern by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
==Generation== N-methylacetamide can be obtained by reacting hot acetic acid or acetic anhydride with methylamine. It can also be prepared by reacting N,N-dimethylurea with acetic acid or by reacting acetone oxime with sulfuric acid.
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