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Dimethylformamide

C3H7NOCAS 68-12-273.09 g/mol

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NO
Amide

Properties

Molecular formula
C3H7NO
Molar mass
73.09 g/mol
Exact mass
73.0528 Da
Density
0.9445 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
−61 °C
Boiling point
153 °C
pKa
-0.3 (conjugate acid)
Flash point
58 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
miscible
logP
-0.30Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
20.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Danger
Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI, index 616-001-00-X), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P203, P261, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P317, P318, P321, P337+P317, P362+P364, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
68-12-2
SMILES
CN(C)C=O
InChIKey
ZMXDDKWLCZADIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H7NO/c1-4(2)3-5/h3H,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

11 names
  • Formamide, N,N-dimethyl-
  • N,N-Dimethylformamide
  • DMF
  • N-Formyldimethylamine
  • DMFA
  • DMF (amide)
  • N,N-Dimethylmethanamide
  • N,N-Dimethylformaldehyde
  • Virodene-P 058
  • NSC 5356
  • D 165635

Reactions

Safety data sheets

One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 68-12-2. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.

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Work with Dimethylformamide

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Deuterated dmf4472-41-7Labelled

Similar compounds

3-(Dimethylamino)-2-propenal927-63-940 % similar N,N-Bis(trimethylsilyl)formamide15500-60-435 % similar Diisopropylformamide2700-30-335 % similar Diethylformamide617-84-535 % similar 1,4-Piperazinedicarboxaldehyde4164-39-033 % similar N,N-Dimethylthioformamide758-16-733 % similar N-Methylformanilide93-61-832 % similar 1-Pyrrolidinecarboxaldehyde3760-54-130 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

Acetone oxime127-06-0 3-Oxetanamine21635-88-1 3-Azetidinol45347-82-8 Ethylformamide627-45-2 Propanamide79-05-0 N-Methylacetamide79-16-3

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