1804. Carbohydrazide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 497-18-7
Carbonic dihydrazide; 1,3-diaminourea.
CH6N4O; mol wt 90.08.
C 13.33%, H 6.71%, N 62.20%, O 17.76%.

Description and references

Prepd by refluxing diethyl carbonate with hydrazine hydrate: Mohr et al., Inorg. Synth. 4, 32 (1953).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from water + ethanol, dec 153-154°. Freely sol in water. pH of 1% aq soln ≈7.4. Practically insol in alcohol, ether, chloroform, benzene. Forms salts with acids. With nitrous acid it forms the highly explosive carbonyl azide CO(N3)2.