2-Cyanoacetamide is an organic compound.

It is an acetic amide with a nitrile functional group.

Cyanoacetamide is used in spectrofluorimetric methods to determine the activity of antihistamine H1 receptor antagonistic drugs such as ebastine, cetirizine dihydrochloride and fexofenadine hydrochloride.

[3] 2-Cyanoacetamide is prepared from chloroacetic acid via Kolbe nitrile synthesis[4] followed by Fischer esterification and ester aminolysis.

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