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Formanilide is the organic compound with the formula C₆H₅N(H)CHO. It is the formamide of aniline. It is a colorless solid. The compound is an additive in rubber products as well as a common synthetic intermediate.^[1] For example, it is a precursor to the fungicide mepanipyrim. Dehydration of formanilide gives phenylisocyanide.

References

^ Bipp, H.; Kieczka, H. (2012). “Formamides”. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a12_001.pub2. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.

[rdp-we-cite_note-bipp-1] Bipp, H.; Kieczka, H. (2012). “Formamides”. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a12_001.pub2. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.

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