Chemical Properties
white crystalline powder or needles
Uses
antihypercholesterolemia
Uses
α-Phenyl-α-ethylacetamide acts as a hypolipaemic agent used in the treatment of high levels of cholesterol.
Definition
ChEBI: 2-phenylbutanamide is a member of acetamides.
Hazard
Moderately toxic by ingestion.
Safety Profile
A poison by intravenous route.Moderately toxic by ingestion. When heated todecomposition it emits toxic vapors of NOx.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the amide from H2O, EtOH, Et2O/pet ether or *C6H6. [Beilstein 9 I 212, 9 II 356, 9 III 2466.]