Thioacetamide is a thiocarbonyl compound. Thioacetamide appears as white crystals with a mercaptan odor.
It undergoes deuterium exchange reaction with D2O to afford N-dideuterated thioacetamide.
Thioacetamide is an organosulfur compound with the formula C2H5NS. This white crystalline solid is soluble in water and serves as a source of sulfide ions in the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds. It is a prototypical thioamide.