Methacrylamide
Agent Name
Methacrylamide
CAS Number
79-39-0
Formula
C4-H7-N-O
Major Category
Plastics & Rubber
Synonyms
2-Methylacrylamide; 2-Methylpropenamide; Amid kyseliny methakrylove [Czech]; Methacrylic acid amide; Methacrylic amide; Methylacrylic amide; Mhoromer BM801; alpha-Methyl acrylic amide; 2-Propenamide, 2-methyl-; [ChemIDplus] MACR; MAC; [NTP] 2–Methyl–2–propenamide; 2–Methyl–propensäureamid; Methacrylamid; Methacrylzuur amide; [IUCLID]
Category
Other Monomers
Description
White crystalline solid; [Alfa Aesar MSDS]
Sources/Uses
A congener of acrylamide; [NTP] Used in the chemical, leather processing, paper-pulp-board, polymers, textile processing, and paints-lacquers-varnishes industries; Used as an adhesive, binding agent, corrosion inhibitor, and intermediate; [IUCLID]
Comments
An eye irritant in rabbits; No to mild skin sensitization reactions seen in guinea pigs; Neurotoxicity observed in repeated-dose animal studies; [IUCLID] Marked developmental toxicity observed in mice at doses only slightly maternally toxic; [NTP] An irritant; Moderately toxic by ingestion and inhalation (degenerative changes of the liver, kidney, and brain); Reproductive effects observed in experimental animals; [Alfa Aesar MSDS] See "Acrylamide."
Biomedical References
Exposure Assessment
Vapor Pressure
0.1 mm Hg
Adverse Effects
Neurotoxin
Other CNS neurotoxin
Hepatotoxin
Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion
Reproductive Toxin
Yes
Diseases, Processes, and Activities Linked to This Agent
Processes
Industrial Processes with risk of exposure: