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fluoroacetamide
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Fluoroacetamide is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group. It is a very toxic metabolic poison which disrupts the citric acid cycle and was used as a rodenticide. If consumed it can cause reproductive disorders. In addition it causes serious eye damage.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H4FNO
- Molecular weight
- 77.06 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-fluoroacetamide
- SMILES
- C(C(=O)N)F
- InChIKey
- FVTWJXMFYOXOKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 43.1 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
- amides
- Mass
- 77.028
- Has use
- rodenticide
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- chemical formula
- C₂H₄FNO
- canonical SMILES
- C(C(=O)N)F
- Commons category
- Fluoroacetamide
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Fluoroacetamide is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group. It is a very toxic metabolic poison which disrupts the citric acid cycle and was used as a rodenticide. If consumed it can cause reproductive disorders. In addition it causes serious eye damage.
==See also== Sodium fluoroacetate
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