Does BMA mean n-butyl methacrylate or isobutyl methacrylate?

In most commercial usage the bare abbreviation means the normal isomer, n-butyl methacrylate, CAS 97-88-1. The branched isomer, isobutyl methacrylate, is a different substance with its own identifiers and a different contribution to copolymer hardness, and the tertiary isomer is different again. Because all three are abbreviated loosely in day-to-day correspondence, an order written as BMA alone is ambiguous. Write the full chemical name and the CAS number on every enquiry, purchase order and goods-inwards record.

Why must the monomer not be blanketed with pure nitrogen?

Because the stabiliser used in commercial methacrylate monomers requires dissolved oxygen to function. It intercepts radicals by a mechanism that consumes oxygen, so a drum stripped of oxygen contains an inhibitor that is chemically present and functionally absent. The correct headspace is air, or air diluted with nitrogen to a specified oxygen content, never an inert blanket. This is one of the very few cases in a chemical store where displacing oxygen makes a material more dangerous rather than less, and it catches people whose instinct is trained on flammable solvents.

How should inhibitor content be read on a certificate?

As a starting condition rather than a permanent property. The certificate reports the inhibitor level at release; that level falls in storage as the stabiliser does its job, and it falls faster in warm conditions, in light and in the presence of contamination. A long-stored drum can meet its original certificate on every other line while having very little inhibitor left. Where storage has been long or uncertain, retest the inhibitor level before charging a reactor rather than relying on the release figure.

What is popcorn polymerisation and why does it matter here?

It is a self-propagating, expanding polymer growth that forms in dead legs, vapour spaces, valve bonnets and residues where inhibitor cannot reach. Once seeded it continues under conditions that would not start a normal polymerisation, and it grows mechanically enough to jam valves and distort equipment. The controls are housekeeping controls: no unswept dead legs, no long-standing residues, no lines left full between campaigns, and clean vessels before refilling. It is not a reason to avoid methacrylate monomers, but it is a reason to design the pipework as if the monomer were reactive, because it is.

How does the butyl ester change a copolymer compared with the methyl one?

The four-carbon ester side chain is flexible and bulky, so it loosens chain packing and lowers the temperature at which the polymer softens. Against the methyl ester it gives a softer, more flexible and more extensible polymer, better adhesion and easier film formation, at the cost of hardness and block resistance. Against the corresponding acrylate it gives a harder polymer with the weathering advantage of the methacrylate backbone. Formulators use it as the soft component of an all-methacrylate system, which keeps the durability while tuning flexibility.

What is N-Methylformamide?

N-Methylformamide is a chemical compound registered under CAS number 123-39-7. Molecular formula: C2H5NO. Molar mass: 59.07 g/mol. IUPAC: N-methylformamide.

What is the CAS number of N-Methylformamide?

The CAS number of N-Methylformamide is 123-39-7 — a unique Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) identifier.

What is the molecular formula of N-Methylformamide?

Molecular formula: C2H5NO. Molar mass: 59.07 g/mol. logP (XLogP3): -1. PSA: 29.1 Å².

What are the GHS hazards of N-Methylformamide?

Under the GHS classification, N-Methylformamide must be labelled with the following hazard statements: H360D (May damage the unborn child), H312 (Harmful in contact with skin).

Where can I buy N-Methylformamide?

N-Methylformamide is available in our shop. View the product: https://epchems.online/products/n-methylformamide/

Where does the chemical data for N-Methylformamide come from?

Chemical data for N-Methylformamide comes from authoritative sources: PubChem (NIH), ChEMBL (EBI). PubChem CID: 31254. Compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008), available under the CC-BY 4.0 licence.

N-Methylformamide

CAS 123-39-7 · C₂H₅NO · MW 59.07 g/mol

About N-Methylformamide

N-Methylformamide is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 123-39-7, with the molecular formula C₂H₅NO, and a molar mass of 59.07 g/mol.

The molecule contains 9 atoms connected by 8 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is N-methylformamide. The interactive 3D model above lets you view the spatial arrangement of the atoms — you can rotate it with the mouse, zoom with the scroll wheel, and switch between skeletal / Ball & Stick / Space Fill visualization modes.

In terms of physicochemical properties, the partition coefficient logP = -1 (negative value, a hydrophilic compound), polar surface area PSA = 29.1 Å², 1 donors and 1 hydrogen bond acceptors. These parameters are key when assessing bioavailability and interaction with biomolecules.

Chemical data for this compound comes from PubChem (NIH NLM NCBI), one of the world's largest chemical databases. All information is updated automatically and enriched with GHS hazard statement translations compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008). The widget above may be used for educational, research and commercial purposes.

Physicochemical properties

Wzór sumaryczny	C₂H₅NO
Masa molowa	59.07 g/mol
IUPAC	N-methylformamide
SMILES	`CNC=O`
InChIKey	`ATHHXGZTWNVVOU-UHFFFAOYSA-N`
logP (XLogP3)	-1
PSA	29.1 Å²
HBD / HBA	1 / 1
PubChem CID	CID 31254 ↗

GHS safety

Sygnał: Niebezpieczeństwo

GHS07

GHS08

? — H360D

H312 — Działa szkodliwie w kontakcie ze skórą

Scientific literature

Literatura naukowa

20 artykułów · 12 open access · Źródła: PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar

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Thermodynamic Study of N-Methylformamide and N,N-Dimethyl-Formamide.

Růžička K, Štejfa V, Červinka C et al. (2024) · Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

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How water links to cis and trans peptidic groups: the rotational spectrum of N-methylformamide-water.

et al. (2010)

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Carbonyl stretching band in amides as Lorentz oscillator. Insights into anharmonicity and local environment in the liquid phase from NIR and MIR spectra of N-methylformamide and di-N,N-methylformamide.

et al. (2025)

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Use of N-methylformamide as a solvent in indium-promoted Barbier reactions en route to enediyne and epoxy diyne formation: comparison of rate and stereoselectivity in C-C bond-forming reactions with water.

et al. (2009)

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Photo-stability of peptide-bond aggregates: N-methylformamide dimers.

et al. (2014)

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Interfacial Structure and Interaction of Kaolinite Intercalated with N-methylformamide Insight from Molecular Dynamics Modeling.

et al. (2018)

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One-Step, One-Lane Chemical DNA Sequencing by N-Methylformamide in the Presence of Metal Ions

Rodolfo Negri, Giovanna Costanzo, Raffaele Saladino et al. (1996) · BioTechniques

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Effects of urea on the aqueous solvation structure and dynamics of cis/trans-N-methylformamide: An insight from molecular dynamics simulation study

Chinmay Parida, Pragin Chettiyankandy, Apramita Chand et al. (2024) · Chemical Physics Impact

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CH stretching vibration of N-methylformamide as a sensitive probe of its complexation: infrared matrix isolation and computational study.

et al. (2011)

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Computational investigation of the gas-phase formation and spectroscopic analysis of cis-N-Methylformamide

Jerusha Singh Mahima, Mishra Pravi, Pandey Parmanand et al. (2026) · EPJ Web of Conferences

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Process optimization for suppressing N-methylformamide hydrolysis and methylamine generation in stripper solution

Jinjuan Ni, Huilai Liu, Dali Bao et al. (2026) · Desalination and Water Treatment

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Viscosities and thermodynamics of viscous flow of N-methylformamide/N-methylacetamide + polyethylene glycol 200/300/400 binary systems: Experimental and theoretical exploration

Anil Kumar Nain, Abhimanyu Nain (2026) · Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis

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Vulnerable Factors Affecting Urinary N-Methylformamide Concentration among Migrant Workers in Manufacturing Industries in Comparison with Native Workers in the Republic of Korea (2012-2019).

et al. (2022)

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Spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies on the interactions of N-Methylformamide with superoxide dismutase.

et al. (2014)

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Separation of chelating agents as copper complexes by capillary zone electrophoresis using quaternary ammonium bromides as additives in N-methylformamide.

et al. (2006)

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Local intermolecular structure, hydrogen bonding and related dynamics in the liquid cis/trans N-methylformamide mixture: A density functional theory based Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics study

Ioannis Skarmoutsos, Ricardo L. Mancera, Stefano Mossa et al. (2022) · arXiv (2209.01801v1)

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Simultaneous determination of N-hydroxymethyl-N-methylformamide, N-methylformamide and N-acetyl-S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)cystein in urine samples from workers exposed to N,N-dimethylformamide by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

et al. (2005)

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Solid-liquid equilibria and excess enthalpies in binary mixtures of acetophenone with some aliphatic amides

Ana Cobos, Patryk Sikorski, Juan Antonio González et al. (2024) · arXiv (2409.12768v1)

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Identification of potential genomic biomarkers of hepatotoxicity caused by reactive metabolites of N-methylformamide: Application of stable isotope labeled compounds in toxicogenomic studies.

et al. (2006)

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A dual-emitting Tb(iii)&Yb(iii)-functionalized coordination polymer: a "turn-on" sensor for N-methylformamide in urine and a "turn-off" sensor for methylglyoxal in serum.

et al. (2019)

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Synonyms

N-METHYLFORMAMIDE · 123-39-7 · Methylformamide · Formamide, N-methyl- · Monomethylformamide · N-Monomethylformamide · n-methyl-Formamide · NSC 3051 · EK 7011 · Formic acid amide, N-methyl- · X 188 · XPE4G7Y986 · NSC3051 · NSC-3051 · CHEBI:7438

Data sources

📊 PubChem CID 31254 — NIH
🔬 NIST WebBook — spektroskopia
🌐 Wikidata
💊 ChEMBL — bioaktywność

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