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F7503

Formamide

ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

Amide C1, Formic amide

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Linear Formula:
HCONH2
CAS Number:
75-12-7
Molecular Weight:
45.04
UNSPSC Code:
12352111
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329799765
EC Number:
200-842-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
505995
MDL number:
MFCD00007941
Assay:
≥99.0% (GC)
Technique(s):
hybridization: suitable
Bp:
210 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
0.08 mmHg ( 20 °C), 30 mmHg ( 129 °C)

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SMILES string

NC=O

InChI key

ZHNUHDYFZUAESO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/CH3NO/c2-1-3/h1H,(H2,2,3)

vapor density

1.55 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.08 mmHg ( 20 °C), 30 mmHg ( 129 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

932 °F

expl. lim.

2.7-19 %

technique(s)

hybridization: suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.447 (lit.)

pH

4-10 (20 °C, 200 g/L)

bp

210 °C (lit.)

mp

2-3 °C (lit.)

density

1.134 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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General description

Formamide is a polar solvent mainly used for resins and plasticizers. It can be prepared by direct synthesis from carbon monoxide and ammonia.

Application

Formamide can be used as a solvent:
  • To synthesize tetrakis(trialkylsilyl) diphosphate by reacting disodium dihydrogen diphosphate with trialkyl chlorosilane.
  • In Cu/C catalyzed cycloaddition between azides and terminal alkynes to synthesize triazoles.
Formamide destabilizes nucleic acid duplexes and may be used, typically, at a concentration of 50%, in hybridization protocols requiring lower hybridization temperatures.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2 - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 2 Oral

target_organs

Blood

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

305.6 °F

flash_point_c

152 °C

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75-12-7

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WXBF7624V
SHBT3400
SHBS7547

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The crystal structure of formamide.
Ladell J and Post B.
Acta Crystallographica, 7(8-9), 559-564 (1954)
The formamide method for the extraction of polysaccharides from haemolytic streptococci.
Fuller AT.
British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 19(2), 130-130 (1938)
Microwave spectrum, structure, dipole moment, and quadrupole coupling constants of formamide.
Kurland RJ and Wilson Jr EB.
J. Chem. Phys. , 27(2), 585-590 (1957)
The dynamics of liquid formamide, N-methylformamide, N,N-dimethylformamide, and N,N-dimethylacetamide. A dielectric relaxation study.
Barthel J, et al.
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 98, 51-69 (2002)
Penelope A Bryant et al.
PloS one, 6(5), e19556-e19556 (2011-06-10)
A central issue in the design of microarray-based analysis of global gene expression is that variability resulting from experimental processes may obscure changes resulting from the effect being investigated. This study quantified the variability in gene expression at each level
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