Crude Acetamide

With a far sighted vision and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, we are indulged in supplying, exporting and manufacturing of crude acetamide in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. this Acetamide (systematic name: ethanamide) is an organic compound with the formula CH3CONH2. It is the simplest amide derived from acetic acid. It finds some use as a plasticizer and as an industrial solvent. The related compound N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) is more widely used, but it is not prepared from acetamide.


Acetamide can be produced in the laboratory by dehydrating ammonium acetate:

CH3COONH4 a CH3C(O)NH2 + H2O

Alternatively acetamide can be obtained in excellent yield via ammonolysis of acetylacetone under conditions commonly used in reductive amination

In a similar fashion to some laboratory methods, acetamide is produced dehydrating ammonium acetate or via the hydrolysis of acetonitrile, a byproduct of the production of acrylonitrile:

CH3CN + H2O a CH3C(O)NH2