Anilide

General structure of an anilide, where R denotes possible substituents

In organic chemistry, anilides (or phenylamides) are a class of organic compounds with the general structure R−C(=O)−N(−R’)−C₆H₅. They are amide derivatives of aniline (H₂N−C₆H₅).

Preparation

Aniline reacts with acyl chlorides or carboxylic anhydrides to give anilides. For example, reaction of aniline with acetyl chloride provides acetanilide (CH₃−CO−NH−C₆H₅). At high temperatures, aniline and carboxylic acids react to give anilides.^[1]

Uses

• Herbicides^[2] - diflufenican, dimethenamid, flamprop, propanil, tetflupyrolimet, acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, delachlor, diethatyl, dimethachlor, ethaprochlor, metazachlor, pretilachlor, propisochlor, pyrnachlor, terbuchlor, thenylchlor, xylachlor
• Fungicides - Oxycarboxin,^[3] Carboxin^[4]

References

1. Carl N. Webb (1941). "Benzanilide". Organic Syntheses; Collected Volumes, vol. 1, p. 82.
2. "Anilide herbicides". Pesticide Target Interaction Database. East China University of Science & Technology. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
3. PubChem. "Oxycarboxin". PubChem. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
4. PubChem. "Carboxin". PubChem. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

External links

• Media related to Anilides at Wikimedia Commons