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3-hydroxyacetanilide
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Definition
: Compounds based on N-phenylacetamide, that are similar in structure to 2-PHENYLACETAMIDES. They are precursors of many other compounds. They were formerly used as ANALGESICS and ANTIPYRETICS, but often caused lethal METHEMOGLOBINEMIA.
Other names
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Phenylacetamides; Acetylanilines
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3-hydroxyacetanilide [ acetyl-2-aminophenol,acetyl-m-aminophenol ]
621-42-1
*Acetanilides
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Analgesics
Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1980;28(3):447