Chemicals and Drugs

Acrylamide

A colorless, odorless, highly water soluble vinyl monomer formed from the hydration of acrylonitrile. It is primarily used in research laboratories for electrophoresis, chromatography, and electron microscopy and in the sewage and wastewater treatment industries.

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Abstract

A colorless, odorless, highly water soluble vinyl monomer formed from the hydration of acrylonitrile. It is primarily used in research laboratories for electrophoresis, chromatography, and electron microscopy and in the sewage and wastewater treatment industries.

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Chemical Information

Molecular Formula
C3H5NO
Molecular Weight
71.08 g/mol
CAS Registry No.
79-06-1
IUPAC Name
prop-2-enamide
InChIKey
HRPVXLWXLXDGHG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C=CC(=O)N
MeSH Unique ID
D020106
Source
PubChem CID 6579

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24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

ACRYLAMIDES is also available

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History Note

1999; use ACRYLAMIDE (NM) 1982-1998

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Previous Indexing

  • Acrylamides (1982-1998)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Acrylamide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020106. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020106
  2. Acrylamide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide
  3. Acrylamide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q342939
  4. Acrylamide. In: PubChem Compound. CID 6579. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6579