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acrylamide
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Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH2=CHC(O)NH2. It is a white odorless solid, soluble in water and several organic solvents. From the chemistry perspective, acrylamide is a vinyl-substituted primary amide (CONH2). It is produced industrially mainly as a precursor to polyacrylamides, which find many uses as water-soluble thickeners and flocculation agents.
OverviewAI-generated
Acrylamide is a chemical compound with the formula C₃H₅NO and an IUPAC name of prop-2-enamide. It has a molecular mass of 71.037 and a density of 1.12. The substance melts at 184 and decomposes at 572. Its vapor pressure is 0.007, and it has a flash point of 280 and an autoignition temperature of 424. Acrylamide is soluble at a level of 216.
Safety data for acrylamide includes an immediately dangerous to life or health level of 60. The median lethal dose (LD50) is 1150. Exposure limits are set at a time-weighted average of 0.3 and a short-term limit of 0.9. The compound has an ionization energy of 9.5.
In computational chemistry, acrylamide has a canonical SMILES notation of C=CC(=O)N. It possesses one hydrogen bond donor and one hydrogen bond acceptor, with a topological polar surface area of 43.1 and an xlogp of -0.7. The compound carries a charge of 0.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H5NO
- Molecular weight
- 71.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- prop-2-enamide
- SMILES
- C=CC(=O)N
- InChIKey
- HRPVXLWXLXDGHG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.7
- Polar surface area
- 43.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
23,188 papers- Acrylamide.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1994
- Acrylamide in food products and the role of electrochemical biosensors in its detection: a comprehensive review.Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications · 2024
- Acrylamide: its metabolism, developmental and reproductive effects, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity.Mutation research · 1988
- Acrylamide neurotoxicity: neurological, morhological and molecular endpoints in animal models.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2005
- Acrylamide formation in food: a mechanistic perspective.Journal of AOAC International · 2005
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Production
- Uses
- Toxicity and carcinogenicity
- Europe
- United States
- Opinions of health organizations
- Hazards
- Mechanism of action
- Occurrence in food
- Occurrence in cigarettes
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH2=CHC(O)NH2. It is a white odorless solid, soluble in water and several organic solvents. From the chemistry perspective, acrylamide is a vinyl-substituted primary amide (CONH2). It is produced industrially mainly as a precursor to polyacrylamides, which find many uses as water-soluble thickeners and flocculation agents.
Acrylamide forms in burnt areas of food, particularly starchy foods like potatoes, when cooked with high heat, above . Despite health scares following this discovery in 2002, and its classification as a probable carcinogen, there is ongoing debate as to whether acrylamide consumed through diet is likely to cause cancer in humans; Cancer Research UK categorized the idea that eating burnt food causes cancer as a myth.
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