8445. Semioxamazide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 515-96-8
2-Amino-2-oxoacetic acid hydrazide; aminooxamide; oxamic acid hydrazide.
C2H5N3O2; mol wt 103.08.
C 23.30%, H 4.89%, N 40.76%, O 31.04%.

Description and references

Made from hydrazine sulfate, ethyl oxamate and KOH. Ref: Wilson, Pickering, J. Chem. Soc. 123, 394 (1923); Leonard, Boyer, J. Org. Chem. 15, 42 (1950).

Chemical structure

Properties

Lustrous leaflets, mp ≈220° with decompn. Soluble in 400 parts water; more sol in hot water; easily sol in acids and alkalies with formation of salts; insol in alcohol, ether.

Use

As a reagent for aldehydes and ketones.