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 Dimethylformamide?

Dimethylformamide is a chemical compound registered under CAS number 68-12-2. Molecular formula: C3H7NO. Molar mass: 73.09 g/mol. IUPAC: N,N-dimethylformamide.

What is the CAS number of Dimethylformamide?

The CAS number of Dimethylformamide is 68-12-2 — a unique Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) identifier.

What is the molecular formula of Dimethylformamide?

Molecular formula: C3H7NO. Molar mass: 73.09 g/mol. logP (XLogP3): -1. PSA: 20.3 Å².

What are the GHS hazards of Dimethylformamide?

Under the GHS classification, Dimethylformamide must be labelled with the following hazard statements: H360D (May damage the unborn child), H332 (Harmful if inhaled), H312 (Harmful in contact with skin), H319 (Causes serious eye irritation).

Where can I buy Dimethylformamide?

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Where does the chemical data for Dimethylformamide come from?

Chemical data for Dimethylformamide comes from authoritative sources: PubChem (NIH), ChEMBL (EBI). PubChem CID: 6228. Compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008), available under the CC-BY 4.0 licence.

Dimethylformamide

CAS 68-12-2 · C₃H₇NO · MW 73.09 g/mol

About Dimethylformamide

Dimethylformamide is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 68-12-2, with the molecular formula C₃H₇NO, and a molar mass of 73.09 g/mol.

The molecule contains 12 atoms connected by 11 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is N,N-dimethylformamide. 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 = 20.3 Å², 0 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	C₃H₇NO
Masa molowa	73.09 g/mol
IUPAC	N,N-dimethylformamide
SMILES	`CN(C)C=O`
InChIKey	`ZMXDDKWLCZADIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N`
logP (XLogP3)	-1
PSA	20.3 Å²
HBD / HBA	0 / 1
PubChem CID	CID 6228 ↗

GHS safety

Sygnał: Niebezpieczeństwo

GHS07

GHS08

? — H360D

H332 — Działa szkodliwie w następstwie wdychania

H312 — Działa szkodliwie w kontakcie ze skórą

H319 — Działa drażniąco na oczy

Scientific literature

Literatura naukowa

20 artykułów · 11 open access · Źródła: PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar

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The potential health risks of N,N-dimethylformamide: An updated review.

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Redox-mediated domino electrosynthesis of N,N-dimethylformamide with industrial-relevant productivity and modularized cathodic integration.

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Microbial Responses and Metabolic Mechanisms During Anaerobic Degradation of N,N-Dimethylformamide by Co-Cultured Sludge.

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Thermodynamics of amide+amine mixtures. 5. Excess molar enthalpies of N,N-dimethylformamide or N,N-dimethylacetamide+N-propylpropan-1-amine, +N-butylbutan-1-amine, +butan-1-amine, or +hexan-1-amine systems. ERAS results

Fernando Hevia, Karine Ballerat-Busserolles, Yohann Coulier et al. (2024) · arXiv (2409.17925v1)

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Thermodynamics of amide+amine mixtures. 4. Relative permittivities of N,N-dimethylacetamide+N-propylpropan-1-amine, +N-butylbutan-1-amine, +butan-1-amine, or +hexan-1-amine and of N,N-dimethylformamide+aniline mixtures

Fernando Hevia, Juan Antonio González, Ana Cobos et al. (2024) · arXiv (2409.16156v1)

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Thermodynamics of amide + amine mixtures. 3. Relative permittivities of N,N-dimethylformamide + N-propylpropan-1-amine, + N-butylbutan-1-amine, + butan-1-amine, or + hexan-1-amine systems at several temperatures

Fernando Hevia, Juan Antonio González, Isaías García de la Fuente et al. (2024) · arXiv (2409.15208v1)

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Thermodynamics of Amide + Amine Mixtures. 1. Volumetric, Speed of Sound, and Refractive Index Data for N,N-Dimethylformamide +N-Propylpropan-1-amine, +N-Butylbutan-1-amine, +Butan-1-amine, or +Hexan-1-amine Systems at Several Temperatures

Fernando Hevia, Ana Cobos, Juan Antonio González et al. (2024) · arXiv (2409.07472v1)

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Thermodynamics of amide + ketone mixtures. 1. Volumetric, speed of sound and refractive index data for N,N-dimethylformamide + 2-alkanone systems at several temperatures

Ana Cobos, Fernando Hevia, Juan Antonio González et al. (2024) · arXiv (2408.15644v1)

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Bioaugmentation stabilizes high-loading anaerobic N,N-dimethylformamide removal: process stability and microbial ecological responses.

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Nitrogen metabolism and microbial responses in anammox under dual stress of N,N-dimethylformamide.

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Recent Progress of N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) as Versatile Synthons in Organic Synthesis.

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Asymmetric Dual Sites Enable Spatially Resolved Biradical-Mediated C-N Coupling for N,N-Dimethylformamide Photoelectrosynthesis.

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Dynamic reconstruction of hydrogen-bond networks in N,N-dimethylformamide-water system revealed by 2D correlation Raman spectroscopy.

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Pseudochrobactrum albidum sp. nov., a N,N-dimethylformamide-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from Activated Sludge of a Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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Chalcocite-catalyzed Fenton coupling with biodegradation for N,N-dimethylformamide treatment: insights into mechanism and cost-effectiveness

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Solvation Structure and Dynamics of the Thiocyanate Anion in mixed N,N-Dimethylformamide-Water Solvents: A Molecular Dynamics Approach.

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Life Cycle Assessment of Solvothermal Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 Synthesis: Is the Substitution of N,N-Dimethylformamide with Glycerol Carbonate Environmentally Sustainable?

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Phase equilibria in the systems isobutyl alcohol+N,N-dimethylformamide, isobutyl acetate+N,N-dimethylformamide and isobutyl alcohol+isobutyl acetate+N,N-dimethylformamide at 101.3kPa

R. Muñoz, J.B. Montón, M.C. Burguet et al. (2005) · Fluid Phase Equilibria

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Regulating the Adsorption Configuration of Intermediates to Construct C─N Bonds From CO<sub>2</sub> for High-Efficiency N,N-Dimethylformamide Electrosynthesis.

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N,N-Dimethylformamide Delays LPS-Induced Preterm Birth in a Murine Model by Suppressing the Inflammatory Response.

Wei ZH, Salami OO, Koya J et al. (2022) · Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)

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Synonyms

N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE · Dimethylformamide · 68-12-2 · Dimethyl formamide · N-Formyldimethylamine · Formamide, N,N-dimethyl- · Dimethylformamid · DMFA · N,N-Dimethyl formamide · Formyldimethylamine · Dimetilformamide · Dwumetyloformamid · Dimetylformamidu · DMF (amide) · NCI-C60913

Data sources

📊 PubChem CID 6228 — NIH
🔬 NIST WebBook — spektroskopia
🌐 Wikidata
💊 ChEMBL — bioaktywność

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