Thioacetamide
Structural formula of thioacetamide
Ball-and-stick model of the thioacetamide molecule
Names
IUPAC name
Thioacetamide
Preferred IUPAC name
Ethanethioamide[1]
Other names
acetothioamide, TAA, thioacetimidic acid, TA, TAM
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
506006
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 200-541-4
KEGG
RTECS number
  • AC8925000
UNII
UN number 3077
  • InChI=1S/C2H5NS/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H2,3,4) checkY
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  • InChI=1/C2H5NS/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H2,3,4)
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  • S=C(N)C
Properties
C2H5NS
Molar mass 75.13 g/mol
Appearance colourless crystals
Odor slight mercaptan
Density 1.319 g/cm3[2]
Melting point 115 °C (239 °F; 388 K)
Boiling point decomposes
good
-42.45·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
monoclinic
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Foul stench, carcinogenic
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation markGHS08: Health hazard
Danger
H302, H315, H319, H350, H412
P201, P202, P264, P270, P273, P280, P281, P301+P312, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P308+P313, P321, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P405, P501
Safety data sheet (SDS) MSDS
Related compounds
Related compounds
 acetamide, dithioacetic acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Thioacetamide is an organosulfur compound with the formula C2H5NS. This white crystalline solid is soluble in water and serves as a source of sulfide ions in the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds. It is a prototypical thioamide.

Research

Thioacetamide is known to induce acute or chronic liver disease (fibrosis and cirrhosis) in the experimental animal model. Its administration in rat induces hepatic encephalopathy, metabolic acidosis, increased levels of transaminases, abnormal coagulopathy, and centrilobular necrosis, which are the main features of the clinical chronic liver disease so thioacetamide can precisely replicate the initiation and progression of human liver disease in an experimental animal model.[3]

Coordination chemistry

Thioacetamide is widely used in classical qualitative inorganic analysis as an in situ source for sulfide ions. Thus, treatment of aqueous solutions of many metal cations to a solution of thioacetamide affords the corresponding metal sulfide:

M2+ + CH3C(S)NH2 + H2O → MS + CH3C(O)NH2 + 2 H+ (M = Ni, Pb, Cd, Hg)

Related precipitations occur for sources of soft trivalent cations (As3+, Sb3+, Bi3+) and monovalent cations (Ag+, Cu+).

Preparation

Thioacetamide is prepared by treating acetamide with phosphorus pentasulfide as shown in the following idealized reaction:[4]

CH3C(O)NH2 + 1/4 P4S10 → CH3C(S)NH2 + 1/4 P4S6O4

Structure

The C2NH2S portion of the molecule is planar; the C-S, C-N, and C-C distances are 1.68, 1.31, and 1.50 Å, respectively. The short C-S and C-N distances indicate multiple bonding.[2]

Safety

Thioacetamide is carcinogen class 2B.

It is known to produce marked hepatotoxicity in exposed animals. Toxicity values are 301 mg/kg in rats (LD50, oral administration), 300 mg/kg in mice (LD50, intraperitoneal administration).[5] This is evidenced by enzymatic changes, which include elevation in the levels of serum alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase and aspartic acid.[6]

References

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 856. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ a b Trevor W. Hambley; David E. Hibbs; Peter Turner; Siân. T. Howard; Michael B. Hursthouse (2002). "Insights into Bonding and Hydrogen Bond Directionality in Thioacetamide from the Experimental Charge Distribution". J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. (2): 235–239. doi:10.1039/B109353C.
  3. ^ Dwivedi DK, Jena GB (2018). "Glibenclamide protects against thioacetamide-induced hepatic damage in Wistar rat: investigation on NLRP3, MMP-2, and stellate cell activation". Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. 391 (11): 1257–1274. doi:10.1007/s00210-018-1540-2. PMID 30066023. S2CID 51890984.
  4. ^ Schwarz, G. (1945). "2,4-Dimethylthiazole". Organic Syntheses. 25: 35.; Collective Volume, vol. 3, p. 332
  5. ^ "HSDB: THIOACETAMIDE CASRN: 62-55-5". Hazardous Substances Data Bank.
  6. ^ Ali, S.; Ansari, K. A.; Jafry, M. A.; Kabeer, H.; Diwakar, G. (2000). "Nardostachys jatamansi protects against liver damage induced by thioacetamide in rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 71 (3): 359–363. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00153-1. PMID 10940571.
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