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Dimethylformamide

C3H7NO, 73.095 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — amide7 measured properties27 documented reactions

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₃H₇NO
Molecular weight
73.095 g/mol
Exact mass
73.052764 g/mol
IUPAC name
N,N-dimethylformamide
SMILES
CN(C)C=O
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H7NO/c1-4(2)3-5/h3H,1-2H3
InChIKey
ZMXDDKWLCZADIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
300 to 313 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
153 °Cmeasured · DrugBank
Melting Point
-78 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-60.4 °Cmeasured · DrugBank
Density
0.95 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
0.9445 at 25 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 72 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
1000000 mg/L (at 25 °C)measured · DrugBank
Vapor Pressure
3.7 mmHg at 77 °F ; 2.7 mmHg at 68 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
3.87 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP
-1.01measured · DrugBank
log Kow = -1.01measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Flash Point
153 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
58 °C, closed cupmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

Molecular weight
73.09 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
73.052763847 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
-1calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
20.3 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
33calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
-0.2956calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
20.31 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · 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
19.751 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.6667calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.3903calculated · 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
5
Total atoms, hydrogen included
12
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Amide

    A carbonyl bonded directly to nitrogen.

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 N,N-dimethylformamide.

The sources also call it N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE, Dimethyl formamide, N-Formyldimethylamine, Formamide, N,N-dimethyl-, Dimethylformamid, DMFA, N,N-Dimethyl formamide, Formyldimethylamine, Dimetilformamide, Dwumetyloformamid, Dimetylformamidu.

Structurally related

The structural neighbours could not be read just now. That is a failed lookup rather than a finding.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.