Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(3)

Key Documents

144436

Sigma-Aldrich

Isobutyramide

99%

Synonym(s):

2-Methylpropionamide

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

Linear Formula:
(CH3)2CHCONH2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
87.12
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

form

solid

bp

216-220 °C (lit.)

mp

127-131 °C (lit.)

density

1.013 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(C)C(N)=O

InChI

1S/C4H9NO/c1-3(2)4(5)6/h3H,1-2H3,(H2,5,6)

InChI key

WFKAJVHLWXSISD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Application

Isobutyramide was used for chemical grafting of human serum albumin during the synthesis of sequentialy assembled protein capsules.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Isobutyramide activates transcription of human gamma-globin gene and murine embryonic epsilon(y)-globin gene. It is useful in the treatment of β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

M D Cappellini et al.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 850, 110-119 (1998-07-21)
The aims of this study were to ascertain tolerability, safety and efficacy of oral isobutyramide (150 mg/kg bw/day) in stimulating fetal hemoglobin production in twelve thalassemia intermedia patients. Patients were treated for 28 days and followed for a further 28
M E Gleave et al.
Journal of cellular biochemistry, 69(3), 271-281 (1998-05-15)
Progression to androgen independence remains the main obstacle to improving survival and quality of life in patients with advanced prostate cancer. Induction of differentiation may serve as a rational basis for prevention of progression to androgen independence by modulating gene
Thermosensitive molecular assemblies from poly(amidoamine) dendron-based lipids.
Kenji Kono et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 50(28), 6332-6336 (2011-05-21)
S Reich et al.
Blood, 96(10), 3357-3363 (2000-11-09)
The butyrate derivative isobutyramide (IBT) increases fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in patients with beta-hemoglobinopathies, but little is known about its usefulness for prolonged therapeutic use. We treated 8 patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia with 350 mg/kg of body weight per day of
H Miyake et al.
International journal of cancer, 93(1), 26-32 (2001-06-08)
Sodium butyrate (NaBt), a physiologically occurring short-chain fatty acid, induces differentiation as well as apoptosis in numerous cell types, and this induction is partially regulated by Bcl-2 expression. The objectives of our study were to characterize the in vitro effects

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service