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Nicotinamide

C6H6N2O, 122.127 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — aromatic amide8 measured properties

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
C₆H₆N₂O
Molecular weight
122.127 g/mol
Exact mass
122.048013 g/mol
IUPAC name
pyridine-3-carboxamide
SMILES
NC(=O)c1cccnc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H6N2O/c7-6(9)5-2-1-3-8-4-5/h1-4H,(H2,7,9)
InChIKey
DFPAKSUCGFBDDF-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
302 to 320 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
157 °C at 5.00E-04 mm Hgmeasured · DrugBank
Melting Point
264 to 268 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
130 °Cmeasured · DrugBank
Density
1.4 (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
1.400 g/cu cm at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 70 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
500000 mg/L (at 25 °C)measured · DrugBank
Vapor Pressure
Vapor pressure, kPa at 35 °C: 3.1measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
0.00042 [mm Hg] @25 °Cmeasured · PAC Chemical Database, U.S. Department of Energy
LogP
-0.37measured · DrugBank
log Kow = -0.37measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Flash Point
182 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Refractive Index
Index of refraction: 1.466 at 25 °C/Dmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 95th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2014-2015, p. 3-474
Max absorption (alcohol): 255 nm (log e = 3.4); 262.5 nm (log e = 3.4); Index of refraction: 1.466; Sadtler reference number: 860 (IR, prism); 8106 (IR, grating)measured · Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 75th ed. Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press Inc., 1994-1995., p. 3-298

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
122.12 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
122.048012819 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
-0.4calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
56 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
114calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
2calculated · reference compound database
logP
0.1805calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
55.98 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
2calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
1calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
32.7549 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
0.5773calculated · 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
15
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

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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.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Nicotinamide yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is pyridine-3-carboxamide.

The sources also call it niacinamide, 3-Pyridinecarboxamide, pyridine-3-carboxamide, Nicotinic acid amide, Aminicotin, Amixicotyn, Benicot, Dipegyl, Nicofort, Papulex, Nicotinic amide.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Nicotinamide has a page here yet.

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.