CHEBI:16397 - formamide

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16397
ChEBI Nameformamide
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DefinitionThe simplest monocarboxylic acid amide, obtained by formal condensation of formic acid with ammonia. The parent of the class of formaldehydes.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5143, CHEBI:14275, CHEBI:24078, CHEBI:40895
Last Modified23 October 2015
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FormulaCH3NO
Net Charge0
Average Mass45.041
Monoisotopic Mass45.02146
SMILES[H]C(N)=O
InChIInChI=1S/CH3NO/c2-1-3/h1H,(H2,2,3)
InChIKeyZHNUHDYFZUAESO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
solvent  A liquid that can dissolve other substances (solutes) without any change in their chemical composition.
Application:
solvent  A liquid that can dissolve other substances (solutes) without any change in their chemical composition.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
formamide (CHEBI:16397) has functional parent formic acid (CHEBI:30751)
formamide (CHEBI:16397) has role solvent (CHEBI:46787)
formamide (CHEBI:16397) is a formamides (CHEBI:24079)
formamide (CHEBI:16397) is a monocarboxylic acid amide (CHEBI:29347)
formamide (CHEBI:16397) is a one-carbon compound (CHEBI:64708)
formamide (CHEBI:16397) is tautomer of formimidic acid (CHEBI:48431)
Incoming Relation(s)
N-benzylformamide (CHEBI:41117) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
N-butylformamide (CHEBI:84287) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
N-cyclohexylformamide (CHEBI:17945) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
N-furfurylformamide (CHEBI:28219) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
N-methylformamide (CHEBI:7438) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
N,N-dimethylformamide (CHEBI:17741) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
5-formamidopyrimidine (CHEBI:35877) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
carbamoyl (CHEBI:33100) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
formanilide (CHEBI:42416) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
morpholine-4-carbaldehyde (CHEBI:43989) has functional parent formamide (CHEBI:16397)
formimidic acid (CHEBI:48431) is tautomer of formamide (CHEBI:16397)
IUPAC Name 
formamide
Synonyms  Source
FormamideKEGG COMPOUND
MethanamideKEGG COMPOUND
carbamaldehydeNIST Chemistry WebBook
formimidic acidChemIDplus
AmeisensäureamidChEBI
MethanamidChEBI
UniProt Name  Source
formamideUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00488KEGG COMPOUND
c0796UM-BBD
ARFPDBeChem
HMDB0001536HMDB
FORMAMIDEMetaCyc
FormamideWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:824Gmelin
Reaxys:505995Reaxys
CAS:75-12-7KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:75-12-7ChemIDplus
CAS:75-12-7NIST Chemistry WebBook
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