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dicyandiamide
Sign in to save2-Cyanoguanidine is a nitrile derived from guanidine. It is a dimer of cyanamide, from which it can be prepared.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H4N4
- Molecular weight
- 84.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-cyanoguanidine
- SMILES
- C(#N)N=C(N)N
- InChIKey
- QGBSISYHAICWAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.2
- Polar surface area
- 88.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- imine
- Mass
- 84.044
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- chemical formula
- C₂H₄N₄
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- canonical SMILES
- C(#N)N=C(N)N
- melting point
- 210.0
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Production and use
- Chemistry
- References
2-Cyanoguanidine is a nitrile derived from guanidine. It is a dimer of cyanamide, from which it can be prepared.
==Production and use== 2-Cyanoguanidine is produced by treating cyanamide with base. It is produced in soil by decomposition of cyanamide. A variety of useful compounds are produced from 2-cyanoguanidine, guanidines and melamine. For example, acetoguanamine and benzoguanamine are prepared by condensation of cyanoguanidine with the nitrile:
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