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  <creation_date>2011-09-21 00:28:55 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 02:43:53 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB023373</accession>
  <name>Benzamide</name>
  <description>Benzamide is an intermediate in the Benzoate degradation via CoA ligation.

Benzamides are a class of chemical compounds derived from Benzamid, the carbonic acid amide of benzoic acid.
In psychiatry some substituted benzamides are therapeutically used as neuroleptics and/or antipsychotics (wikipedia) [HMDB]</description>
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    <synonym>Amid kyseliny benzoove</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzamide (acd/name 4.0)</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzenecarboxamide</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzoate amide</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzoic acid amide</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzoylamide</synonym>
    <synonym>PHC(=O)NH2</synonym>
    <synonym>PHC(O)NH2</synonym>
    <synonym>Phenyl carboxyamide</synonym>
    <synonym>Phenylcarboxamide</synonym>
    <synonym>Phenylcarboxyamide</synonym>
    <synonym>Tigan</synonym>
    <synonym>Tigan (TN)</synonym>
    <synonym>Trimethobenzamide hydrochloride</synonym>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as benzamides. These are organic compounds containing a carboxamido substituent attached to a benzene ring.</description>
    <direct_parent>Benzamides</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
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    <class>Benzene and substituted derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Benzoic acids and derivatives</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
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      <alternative_parent>Benzoyl derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organonitrogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organooxygen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organopnictogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Primary carboxylic acid amides</alternative_parent>
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      <substituent>Benzamide</substituent>
      <substituent>Benzoyl</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxamide group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic nitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organonitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organopnictogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Primary carboxylic acid amide</substituent>
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