Talk:Acetanilide

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Things to include: Since this page is linked to from the "nitration" page, perhaps there should be at least some mention of its activity towards nitration. 128.211.220.163 (talk) 16:47, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Tags
I've tagged it because it doesn't quite fit with paracetamol which is well sourced. I'll fix it later if nobody else does. Xasodfuih (talk) 01:12, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

thank you wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.12.210 (talk) 00:59, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

traditional experiment in introductory organic chemistry lab
The article says that "The preparation used to be a traditional experiment in introductory organic chemistry lab classes,[6] but it has now been widely replaced"

I don't know about the 'used to be' part, i'm doing this experiment next week... --79.181.21.169 (talk) 17:51, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

use as a herbicide
When Monsanto was a young company and prior to the development of glyphosate, acetanilide was a component in the most widely used herbicide at the time. Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=mhrgOzao6rQC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.178.121 (talk) 00:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Mechanism
That mechanism is bad. Have you ever seen the carbocation resonance form of an anhydride get attacked by a nucleophile? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielbolt26 (talk • contribs) 05:08, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Dosage and dangers
Would someone add dosages that it was used in the past? Also, some people orally ingest Hydrogen Peroxide for supposed health benefits and Acetanilide is being used as a stabilizer - we should include some information about it and possible dangers. Dmatteng (talk) 11:20, 18 July 2014 (UTC)