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Acetamide

Synthesis
Product Name
Acetamide
CAS No.
60-35-5
Chemical Name
Acetamide
Synonyms
CH3CONH2;Acetamid;ETHANAMIDE;AMIDE C2;Actamide;ACETAMIDE;Acetamidum;NCI-C02108;Acetylamide;acetylamine
CBNumber
CB3453432
Molecular Formula
C2H5NO
Formula Weight
59.07
MOL File
60-35-5.mol
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Acetamide Property

Melting point:
78-80 °C(lit.)
Boiling point:
221 °C(lit.)
Density 
1.159
vapor pressure 
1 mm Hg ( 65 °C)
refractive index 
1.4274
Flash point:
220-222°C
storage temp. 
Store below +30°C.
solubility 
H2O: 0.5 g/mL, Hazen ≤50
pka
0.63(at 25℃)
form 
Crystals
color 
White
Odor
Mousy odor
Water Solubility 
2000 g/L (20 ºC)
Merck 
14,43
JECFA Number
1592
BRN 
1071207
Dielectric constant
41.0(20℃)
Exposure limits
ACGIH: TWA 1 ppm
Stability:
Stable. Incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidizing agents, strong bases. Deliquescent. Triboluminescent.
InChIKey
DLFVBJFMPXGRIB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
LogP
-1.26
CAS DataBase Reference
60-35-5(CAS DataBase Reference)
NIST Chemistry Reference
Acetamide(60-35-5)
IARC
2B (Vol. 7, Sup 7, 71) 1999
EPA Substance Registry System
Acetamide (60-35-5)
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Safety

Hazard Codes 
Xn
Risk Statements 
40
Safety Statements 
36/37
RIDADR 
UN 3077 9/PG 3
WGK Germany 
1
RTECS 
AB4025000
3
Autoignition Temperature
560°C
TSCA 
Yes
HS Code 
29241900
Hazardous Substances Data
60-35-5(Hazardous Substances Data)
Toxicity
LD50 orally in Rabbit: 7000 mg/kg
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Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)
Signal word
Warning
Hazard statements

H351Suspected of causing cancer

Precautionary statements

P201Obtain special instructions before use.

P202Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood.

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

P308+P313IF exposed or concerned: Get medical advice/attention.

P405Store locked up.

P501Dispose of contents/container to..…

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N-Bromosuccinimide Price

Sigma-Aldrich
Product number
8.22343
Product name
Acetamide
Purity
for synthesis
Packaging
100g
Price
$48.9
Updated
2024/03/01
Sigma-Aldrich
Product number
8.22343
Product name
Acetamide
Purity
for synthesis
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1kg
Price
$153
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2024/03/01
Sigma-Aldrich
Product number
00160
Product name
Acetamide
Purity
≥99.0% (GC)
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50g
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$33.6
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2024/03/01
Sigma-Aldrich
Product number
00160
Product name
Acetamide
Purity
≥99.0% (GC)
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1kg
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$224
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TCI Chemical
Product number
A0007
Product name
Acetamide
Purity
>98.0%(GC)
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25g
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$34
Updated
2024/03/01
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Acetamide Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Synthesis

Laboratory synthesis can be carried out according to the following steps. Put 3kg glacial acetic acid into a 5L flask and add ammonium carbonate equivalent to 400g ammonia. The flask is equipped with a high-efficiency fractionation column, a condenser and a receiver. Heat the reaction mixture until it boils slowly, adjust the heating so that the distillation rate does not exceed 180mg / h until the top temperature reaches 110 ℃. A mixture of 1400-1500 ml of water and acetic acid was obtained. Change the receiver, slowly increase the heating, and continue the distillation at the same speed until the top temperature rises to 140 ℃. The distillate is 500-700ml, mainly acetic acid, which is reserved for the next feeding. Transfer the residue into a flask with fractionation column and air condenser, distill under normal pressure, and collect the fractions before 210 ℃ and 210-216 ℃ respectively. The latter is acetamide, weighing 1150-1200g. The former can also distill and recover some products. The total weight of the two is 1200-1250g, and the yield is 87% - 90%.
The recrystallization of acetylamine is usually carried out by distillation and solvent recrystallization. The commonly used solvents are acetone, benzene, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, chloroform, dioxane or the mixture of benzene and ethyl acetate. For example, 1kg of acetamide prepared by the above method is recrystallized with a mixed solvent of 1l benzene and 300ml ethyl acetate to obtain a colorless needle like pure product. The purity of products obtained from industrial production shall not be lower than 98%, and the freezing point shall not be lower than 76 ℃.

Description

Acetamide (MEA or ethanamide), the amide of acetic acid, is a white crystalline solid in pure form with a mousy odor. Low toxicity. It is produced by dehydrating ammonium acetate. Acetamide is found in red beetroot.
Acetamide is used primarily as a solvent, plasticizer, and a wetting and penetrating agent. it was used as an intermediate in the synthesis of methylamine, thioacetamide, hypnotics, insecticides, medicinals and various plastics, a soldering flux ingredient, a wetting agent and penetration accelerator for dyes, and as a plasticizer in leather, cloth and coatings.
ethanolamine is an amide made from acetamide and monoethanolamine. It is a clear liquid. In cosmetics and personal care products, It is used in the formulation of bubble baths, hair conditioners, shampoos, wave sets, moisturizers, and other bath and hair care products.It increases the water content of the top layers of the skin by drawing moisture from the surrounding air. It also enhances the appearance and feel of hair, by increasing hair body, suppleness, or sheen, or by improving the texture of hair that has been damaged physically or by chemical treatment.

Chemical Properties

Acetamide occurs as hexagonal colourless deliquescent crystals with a musty odour. It is incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidising agents, strong bases, and triboluminescent materials. Acetamide is used primarily as a solvent, a plasticiser, and a wetting and penetrating agent. Workplace exposures to acetamide are associated with the plastic and chemical industries.

Chemical Properties

Acetamide is a colorless to yellow, deliquescent, crystalline solid. Odorless if pure, “mousy” odor if impure. Odor threshold5140 160 milligram per cubic meter.

Uses

Cryoscopy; organic synthesis; general solvent; lacquers; explosives, soldering flux; wetting agent; plasticizer

Uses

As a dipolar solvent, acetamide finds many uses as a solvent for both inorganic and organic compounds. The solvency has led to widespread uses in industry including applications in cryoscopy, soldering, and the textile industry. The neutral and amphoteric characteristics allow its use as an antacid in the lacquer, explosives, and cosmetics industries. Its hygroscopic properties make it useful as a plasticizer in coatings, fixtures, cloth, and leather, and as a humectant for paper. It is also a raw material in organic synthesis of methylamine and thioacetamide and as an intermediate in preparation of medicines, insecticides, and plastics.

Uses

  1. Acetamide is often used as plasticizer and as industrial solvent.
  2. molten acetamide is an excellent solvent for many organic and inorganic compounds.
  3. Solubilizer.
  4. renders sparingly soluble substances more soluble in water by mere addition or by fusion.
  5. stabilizer.
  6. manufacture of methylamine, denaturing alcohol.
  7. In organic syntheses.
  8. Acetamide is used as a co-monomer in the production of polymeric materials such as polyvinyl acetamide, a polymeric product used as an absorbent.
  9. It can be used for the transamidation of carbxamides in 1,4-dioxane in the absence of a catalyst.

Definition

ChEBI: Acetamide is a member of the class of acetamides that results from the formal condensation of acetic acid with ammonia. It is a monocarboxylic acid amide, a N-acylammonia and a member of acetamides. It is a tautomer of an acetimidic acid.

General Description

Colorless crystals with a mousy odor (NTP, 1999). Low toxicity.

Air & Water Reactions

Deliquescent. Very soluble in water.

Reactivity Profile

Acetamide may react with azo and diazo compounds to generate toxic gases. May form flammable gases with strong reducing agents. Reacts as a weak bases (weaker than water). Mixing with dehydrating agents such as P2O5 or SOCl2 generates acetonitrile Burns to give toxic mixed oxides of nitrogen (NOx).

Health Hazard

After oral exposures to acetamide, animals developed liver tumors. However, no informa- tion is available on the carcinogenic effects of acetamide in humans. The US EPA has not classifi ed acetamide for carcinogenicity. The IARC has classifi ed acetamide as a Group 2B, meaning a possible human carcinogen.

Health Hazard

Mild irritant; acute oral toxicity in animals very low; oral LD50 value (rats):7000 mg/kg; carcinogenic to animals; oraladministration caused blood and liver tumorsin mice and rats; carcinogenicity: animal limited evidence, no evidence in humans.

Fire Hazard

The flash point of Acetamide has not been determined, but Acetamide is probably combustible.

Safety Profile

Suspected carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic and neoplastigenic data. Moderately toxic by intraperitoneal and possibly other routes. An experimental teratogen. Other experimental reproductive effects. Mutation data reported. See also AMIDES. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx,.

Potential Exposure

Used as a stabilizer, plasticizer, wetting agent; solvent in plastics, lacquers, explosive; soldering flux ingredient; and chemical manufacturing

target

Histone Methyltransferase

Carcinogenicity

The IARC has determined that there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity for acetamide in experimental animals and that it is possibly carcinogenic to humans.

Environmental Fate

The mechanism of toxicity of acetamide is not known; the response profile is quite different from the better studied dimethyl derivative. Acetamide appears to be in a class of chemicals which, although producing liver cancer in rodents, is less sensitive to inactive in genetic tests looking at formation of micronuclei. The carcinogenic response in rodents appears related to the formation of hydroxylamine from the primary metabolite acetohydroxamic acid.

storage

Acetamide should be kept stored in a tightly closed container, in a cool, dry, ventilated area. It should be protected against physical damage, away from any source of heat, ignition, or oxidizing materials.

Shipping

UN3077 Environmentally hazardous substances, solid, n.o.s., Hazard class: 9; Labels: 9-Miscellaneous hazardous material, Technical Name Required

Purification Methods

Acetamide is crystallised by dissolving in hot MeOH (0.8mL/g), diluting with Et2O and allowing to stand [Wagner J Chem Edu 7 1135 1930]. Alternate crystallisation solvents are acetone, *benzene, chloroform, dioxane, methyl acetate or *benzene/ethyl acetate mixtures (3:1 and 1:1). It has also been recrystallised from hot water after treating with HCl-washed activated charcoal (which had been repeatedly washed with water until free from chloride ions), then crystallised again from hot 50% aqueous EtOH and finally twice from hot 95% EtOH [Christoffers & Kegeles J Am Chem Soc 85 2562 1963]. Finally it is dried in a vacuum desiccator over P2O5. Acetamide is also purified by distillation (b 221-223o) or by sublimation in vacuo. It has also been purified by two recrystallisations from cyclohexane containing 5% (v/v) of *benzene. Needle-like crystals separate and are filtered, washed with a small volume of distilled H2O and dried with a flow of dry N2. [Slebocka-Tilk et al. J Am Chem Soc 109 4620 1987, Beilstein 2 H 175, 2 I 80, 2 II 177, 2 III 384, 2 IV 399.]

Toxicity evaluation

Acetamide will exist as a vapor in the ambient atmosphere. Atmospheric degradation occurs by reaction with photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals. The half-life for this reaction in air is estimated to be 7.6 days. If released to soil, acetamide is expected to have very high mobility and is not expected to adsorb to suspended solids and sediment. Experiments suggest that this chemical may break down in the environment through biodegradation and not through hydrolysis. Volatilization from water surfaces is not expected to be an important fate process based on this compound’s estimated Henry’s law constant.

Incompatibilities

Reacts with strong acids, such as hydrochloric, sulfuric, and nitric, strong oxidizers; strong bases; strong reducing agents such as hydrides; ammoniaisocyanates, phenols, cresols. Contact with water causes slow hydrolyzation to ammonia and acetate salts.

Waste Disposal

Add to alcohol or benzene as a flammable solvent and incinerate; oxides of nitrogen produced may be scrubbed out with alkaline solution. All federal, state, and local environmental regulations must be observed.

Precautions

During handling and/use of acetamide, workers should wear special protective equipment. After leaving work areas, workers should wash hands, face, forearms, and neck, dispose of outer clothing, and change to clean garments at the end of the day.

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