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3-aminopyridine
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3-Aminopyridine is an aminopyridine. It is a colorless solid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H6N2
- Molecular weight
- 94.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- pyridin-3-amine
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=CN=C1)N
- InChIKey
- CUYKNJBYIJFRCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.1
- Polar surface area
- 38.9 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- pyridine alkaloid
- Mass
- 94.053
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=CN=C1)N
- chemical formula
- C₅H₆N₂
- melting point
- 61.0
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- Preparation
- Toxicity
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3-Aminopyridine is an aminopyridine. It is a colorless solid.
== Preparation == 3-Aminopyridine is prepared by heating nicotinamide with sodium hypobromite (Hofmann rearrangement), which is in turn prepared in situ by the reaction of sodium hydroxide and bromine at 70 °C. File:Synthesis of 3-Aminopyridine.gif
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