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Acrylamide

79-06-1C3H5NO71.079 g/mol

A member of the class of acrylamides that results from the formal condensation of acrylic acid with ammonia. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

2 indexed references
US · NIOSH

Occupational chemical safety guide

Acrylamide

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JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

H29-B-011 · FY2017

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number79-06-1ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC3H5NOChEBI ↗
Molar mass71.079 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass71.03711 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:28619ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass71.08 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass71.037113783 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-0.7PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)43.1PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors1PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds1PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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acrylamide
prop-2-enamide
HRPVXLWXLXDGHG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
C=CC(N)=O
InChI=1S/C3H5NO/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H,1H2,(H2,4,5)

Names & synonyms

prop-2-enamide

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

alkylating agentmutagencarcinogenic agentneurotoxinMaillard reaction product

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2017 source classification
Acrylamide · H29-B-011
EndpointReported classification
Acute toxicity (Oral)Category 3
Acute toxicity (Dermal)Category 3
Serious eye damage/eye irritationCategory 2A
Skin sensitizationCategory 1
Germ cell mutagenicityCategory 1B
CarcinogenicityCategory 1B

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0140689 mol

Uses 71.079 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 3 atoms
50.69%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
22.51%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
19.71%
H
Hydrogen · 5 atoms
7.09%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Analysis of acrylamide, a carcinogen formed in heated foodstuffs. ↗Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2002 Aug 14 · PMID 12166997
US2535245 · Patent reference ↗Patent cross-reference supplied by ChEBI. Association alone does not establish claim scope.

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:28619

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 6579 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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