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Cyanamide

Catalog No. L03744 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 420-04-2 Website
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Purity 98+%, stab. Email
Storage Chembase ID: 2404

SYNONYMS

Title
氨基氰
IUPAC name
aminoformonitrile
IUPAC Traditional name
cyanamide

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 420-04-2
Beilstein Number 1732569
MDL Number MFCD00007572
EC Number 206-992-3
Merck Index 142684

PROPERTIES

Purity 98+%, stab.
Boiling Point 132-138°C/12mm
Density 1.282
Flash Point 141°C(285°F)
Melting Point 43-47°C
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Hazard statements H301-H312-H319-H317-H314
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
GHS Precautionary statements P261-P280H-P235-P305+P351+P338-P309-P310
Risk Statements 21-25-36/38-43
RTECS GS5950000
Safety Statements 3-22-36/37-45
Storage Warning Light Sensitive & Hygroscopic
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 8
UN Number UN2923
Packing Group III

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • One-carbon fragment which can behave as a nucleophile or an electrophile. Alkylating agents give N,N-dialkyl cyanamides which readily undergo hydrolysis to dialkylamines: Synthesis, 882 (1978).
  • Useful building block for heterocyclic synthesis. Reaction with o-phenylenediamines gives 2-aminobenzimidazoles: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 12, 841 (1973). With 4-(1-Cyclohexen-1-yl)morpholine, B22004, and elemental sulfur, a 2-aminothiazole is formed in good yield: J. Prakt. Chem., 312, 776 (1970):
  • In the presence of NBS, undergoes addition to alkenes. The products are converted to N-cyanoaziridines by base: Tetrahedron Lett., 1125 (1970), or in the presence of acid, cyclization gives an imidazoline, which can be converted to the vic-diamine: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 105, 4106 (1983); Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 399 (1984):