Acetamide

The IUPAC name of this chemical is acetamide. With the CAS registry number 60-35-5 and EINECS 200-473-5, it is also named as Acetic acid amide. The product's categories are Pharmaceutical Intermediates; Acetamide. It is colourless deliquescent crystals which is soluble in liquid ammonia, aliphatic amines, water, alcohol, pyridine, chloroform, glycerol, hot benzene, methyl ethyl ketone, butanol, benzyl alcohol, cyclohexanone, isoamyl alcohol, slightly soluble in benzene, insoluble in ether. It will produce toxic nitrogen oxide fumes when buring. So the storage environment should be well-ventilated, low-temperature and dry.

The other characteristics of this product can be summarized as: (1)ACD/LogP: -1.23; (2)# of Rule of 5 Violations: 0; (3)ACD/LogD (pH 5.5): -1.23; (4)ACD/LogD (pH 7.4): -1.23; (5)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 1; (6)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 1; (7)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 5.08; (8)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 5.08; (9)#H bond acceptors: 2; (10)#H bond donors: 2; (11)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 0; (12)Polar Surface Area: 20.31 Å²; (13)Index of Refraction: 1.392; (14)Molar Refractivity: 14.87 cm³; (15)Molar Volume: 62.3 cm³; (16)Surface Tension: 29.9 dyne/cm; (17)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 45.76 kJ/mol; (18)Vapour Pressure: 0.109 mmHg at 25°C; (19)Tautomer Count: 2; (20)Exact Mass: 59.037114; (21)MonoIsotopic Mass: 59.037114; (22)Topological Polar Surface Area: 43.1; (23)Heavy Atom Count: 4; (24)Complexity: 33.

Preparation of Acetamide: In laboratory, it can be obtained by dehydration of ammonium acetate: CH₃COONH₄ → CH₃CONH₂ + H₂O. It is also typically produced by hydrolysis of acetonitrile in industry: CH₃CN + H₂O → CH₃C(O)NH₂.

Uses of Acetamide: It is used as plasticizer, stabilizing agent, analytical reagent and industrial solvent. It is also used in organic synthesis, pharmacy industry and dye preparation. Besides, it can react with propionyl chloride to get acetyl-propionyl-amine. This reaction needs reagent pyridine by heating. The reaction time is 1 hours. The yield is 72%.

When you are using this chemical, please be cautious about it as the following:
It has limited evidence of a carcinogenic effect. If you want to contact this product, you must wear suitable protective clothing and gloves.

People can use the following data to convert to the molecule structure. 
1. SMILES:O=C(N)C
2. InChI:InChI=1/C2H5NO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H2,3,4)
3. InChIKey:DLFVBJFMPXGRIB-UHFFFAOYAC

The following are the toxicity data which has been tested.