
Formamide
Formamide is the simplest monocarboxylic acid amide, obtained by formal condensation of formic acid with ammonia. The parent of the class of formaldehydes. It has a role as a solvent. It is a member of formamides, a monocarboxylic acid amide and a one-carbon compound. It is functionally related to a formic acid. It is a tautomer of a formimidic acid. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- formamide
- Molecular formula
- CH3NO
- Molecular weight
- 45.041 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 45.021463719 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.8
- Topological polar surface area
- 43.1 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:140324
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16397
- ChEBI:CHEBI:29347
- ChEBI:CHEBI:48431
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL266160
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8025337
- PubMed:23125665
- PubMed:23080055
- PubMed:23062439
- PubMed:23033800
- PubMed:23027738
- PubMed:23019100
- PubMed:23013261
- PubMed:22957541
- PubMed:22952791
- PubMed:22950851
- PubMed:22939698
- PubMed:22931232
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