succinimide
Also known as 2,5-Pyrrolidinedione, Butanimide, 2,5-Diketopyrrolidine, succinic acid imide, 2,5-dioxopyrrolidine, dihydro-3-pyrroline-2,5-dione, 3,4-dihydropyrrole-2,5-dione
Succinimide is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)2(CO)2NH. This white solid is used in a variety of organic syntheses, as well as in some industrial silver plating processes. The compound is classified as a cyclic imide. It may be prepared by thermal decomposition of ammonium succinate.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H5NO2
- Molecular weight
- 99.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- pyrrolidine-2,5-dione
- SMILES
- C1CC(=O)NC1=O
- InChIKey
- KZNICNPSHKQLFF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 46.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Succinimide is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)2(CO)2NH. This white solid is used in a variety of organic syntheses, as well as in some industrial silver plating processes. The compound is classified as a cyclic imide. It may be prepared by thermal decomposition of ammonium succinate.
==Succinimides== Succinimides refers to compounds that contain the succinimide group. These compounds have some notable uses. Several succinimides are used as anticonvulsant drugs, including ethosuximide, phensuximide, and methsuximide.