From Acrylonitrile to Acrylamide

Graphic of the reaction.

Graphic of its mechanism.

Medline reference
Nagasawa T, Nanba H, Ryuno K, Takeuchi K, Yamada H. Eur J Biochem (1987) 162(3): 691-8.

Search Medline for nitrile hydratase AND acrylonitrile.
20 citations on March 09, 2012. 
      Acrylonitrile      
            |
            |  H2O
    nitrile | /
  hydratase |/
   4.2.1.84 | Search GenBank, 129 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
      Kyoto |
     ExPASy |
            |
            v
       Acrylamide
Display a pathway starting from this reaction.

[Acrylonitrile] [BBD Main Menu]

Page Author(s): Xiao-yun Zhang and Stephen Stephens
August 14, 2005 Contact Us

This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0083.
It was generated on January 20, 2026 at 3:52:19 AM CST. 

© 2026, EAWAG.