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PHR1005

Acetaminophen

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

4′-Hydroxyacetanilide, 4-Acetamidophenol, N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)acetamide, N-Acetyl-4-aminophenol, APAP, Paracetamol

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3CONHC6H4OH
CAS Number:
103-90-2
Molecular Weight:
151.16
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823036
EC Number:
203-157-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2208089
MDL number:
MFCD00002328
eCl@ss:
25140904
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Quality Segment

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. P030000, traceable to USP 1003009

API family

paracetamol, acetaminophen

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, chromatography: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

168-172 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)
pharmaceutical

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

CC(=O)Nc1ccc(O)cc1

InChI

1S/C8H9NO2/c1-6(10)9-7-2-4-8(11)5-3-7/h2-5,11H,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChI key

RZVAJINKPMORJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

General description

Acetaminophen is a drug, which possesses pharmacological properties like antipyretic and analgesic property.
Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Application

Acetaminophen may be used as a standard in the determination of acetaminophen in human serum or plasma samples using spectrophotometric technique. It may also be used as a standard in the estimation of acetaminophen in pharmaceutical formulations using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Analgesic.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP (PhEur) primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

Find a digital Reference Material for this product available on our online platform ChemisTwin® for NMR. You can use this digital equivalent on ChemisTwin® for your sample identity confirmation and compound quantification (with digital external standard). An NMR spectrum of this substance can be viewed and an online comparison against your sample can be performed with a few mouseclicks. Learn more here and start your free trial.
This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAB7782 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Codes

H302

Precautionary Statements

P264 - P270 - P301 + P312 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

Flash Point (°F)

364.3 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

Flash Point (°C)

184.6 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

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