Crystal structure of glycidamide: the mutagenic and genotoxic metabolite of acrylamide

Crystal structure of glycidamide: the mutagenic and genotoxic metabolite of acrylamide

The title compound, glycidamide (systematic name: oxirane-2-carboxamide), C3H5NO2, is the mutagenic and genotoxic metabolite of acrylamide, a food contaminant and industrial chemical that has been classified as being probably carcinogenic to humans. Synthesized via the reaction of acrylonitrile and...

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Main Authors: Melanie N. Hemgesberg, Thorsten Bonck, Karl-Heinz Merz, Yu Sun, Dieter Schrenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2016-08-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
Subjects:
crystal structure
glycidamide
acrylamide
mutagenic
genotoxic metabolite
hydrogen bonding
β-sheet
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989016010859

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