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Benzamide

An aromatic amide, C7H7NO, 121.139 g/mol. Boiling point 288 °C, melting point 130 °C, as published. Appears in 97 documented reactions.

verified record, Organic — aromatic amide, 6 measured properties, 97 documented reactions

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₇H₇NO
Molecular weight
121.139 g/mol
Exact mass
121.052764 g/mol
IUPAC name
benzamide
SMILES
NC(=O)c1ccccc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H7NO/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H2,8,9)
InChIKey
KXDAEFPNCMNJSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point
554 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
288 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point
270 to 271 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
130 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
1.0792 at 266 °F (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
1.341measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
less than 1 mg/mL at 72.5 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
> 10% in benzenemeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
0.000939 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
0.000165 [mm Hg]measured · PAC Chemical Database, U.S. Department of Energy
LogP
log Kow= 0.64measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
0.818measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight
121.14 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
121.052763847 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
0.6calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
43.1 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
105calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
0.7855calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
43.09 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
1calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
34.9599 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.5859calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
9
Total atoms, hydrogen included
16
Rings
1
Aromatic rings
1
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Amide

    A carbonyl bonded directly to nitrogen.

  • Aromatic ring

    A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is benzamide.

The sources also call it Benzoylamide, Benzoic acid amide, Benzenecarboxamide, Phenylcarboxamide, Phenylcarboxyamide, Amid kyseliny benzoove, DTXSID0021709, AI3-01031, NSC-3114, DTXCID101709, CHEBI:28179.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Benzamide has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Benzamide. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.