2-pyrrolidone

chemical compound
Class type of: pyrrolidine alkaloid Q285640

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Boiling point
+245[16]
Canonical SMILES
C1CC(=O)NC1[2]
Chemical formula
C₄H₇NO[3]
Ionization energy
+9.20[17]
Mass
+85.053[13]
Melting point
+24.0, +25[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone en Tetrahydropyrrolone en Pyrrolidone-2 en Pyrrolidone en Pyrrolidon en Pyrrolidinone en Pyrrolidin-2-one en 1-azacyclopentan-2-one en 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone en 2-ketopyrrolidine en 2-oxopyrrolidine en 2-Pyrol4-aminobutyric acid lactam en 2-pyrrolidinone en 2-pyrrolidone en 2-Pyrrolidone-Butyrolactam en 2-Pyrrolidone for synthesis en 4-aminobutyric acid lactam en alpha-pyrrolidinone en alpha-pyrrolidone en Aminobutyric acid lactam
🔖 Identifiers · 36
GND ID
4311377-1
CAS Registry Number
616-45-5
ChEBI ID
36592
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL276849
ChemSpider ID
11530
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID707246
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID8027246
DrugBank ID
DB19152
EC number
210-483-1
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.009.531
Freebase ID
/m/0b4mkv
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Gmelin number
49671
HSDB ID
2652
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0002039
ICSC ID
0562
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
pyrrolidinones
KNApSAcK ID
C00038233
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777380983
NMRShiftDB structure ID
10008988
NSC number
4593, 8413
PDB ligand ID
BAQ
PDB structure ID
4IOQ
Probes And Drugs ID
PD078398
PubChem CID
12025
RTECS number
UY5715000
Reaxys registry number
105241
RxNorm CUI
1358473
SureChEMBL ID
2.4k (2.4k–11.2M, n=3)
UniChem compound ID
513444
ZVG number
490258

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Summary

2-pyrrolidone is a type of chemical entity[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Indole Alkaloids from Hunteria zeylanica. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Dihydroagarofuranoid sesquiterpenes, a lignan derivative, a benzenoid, and antitubercular constituents from the stem of Microtropis japonica. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Nematicidal activity of 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde and methylisothiocyanate from caper (Capparis spinosa) against Meloidogyne incognita. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Metabolite content of harvested Micro-Tom tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit is altered by chilling and protective heat-shock treatments as shown by GC–MS metabolic profiling. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Time-course metabolic profiling in alfalfa leaves under Phoma medicaginis infection. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jean-Claude Bradley Open Melting Point Dataset. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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