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Name: N,N-Dimethylformamide Cas: 68-12-2

Other names: Dimethylformamide; DMF; DMF (amide); DMFA; N-Formyldimethylamine; N,N-Dimethylformamide; HCON (CH3)2; Formyldimethylamine; Dimethylforamide.

N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) is an organic solvent extensively used in industries such as synthetic leather, fibers and films, and induces liver toxicity and carcinogenesis. Despite a series of experimental and clinical reports on DMF-induced liver failure.

Dimethylformamide (DMF) is a excellent polar aprotic solvent that is miscible with water and with most other organic solvents. It is used in a variety of industrial applications. N,n-dimethylformamide appears as a water-white liquid with a faint fishy odor.

DMF is a clear liquid with high boiling point. DMF is considered to be biodegradable, but is toxic by inhalation or skin adsorption. DMF is produced by reaction of dimethylamine and carbon monoxide (single step process).