Cyanuric acid

Cyanuric acid
Structural formulae of both tautomers
Ball-and-stick model of the triol tautomer
Ball-and-stick model of the triol tautomer
Cyanuric (triol) tautomer
Ball-and-stick model of the trione tautomer
Ball-and-stick model of the trione tautomer
Isocyanuric (trione) tautomer
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,3,5-Triazinane-2,4,6-trione[1]
Other names
1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione[1]
1,3,5-Triazinetriol
s-Triazinetriol
s-Triazinetrione
Tricarbimide
Isocyanuric acid
Pseudocyanuric acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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KEGG
RTECS number
  • XZ1800000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3H3N3O3/c7-1-4-2(8)6-3(9)5-1/h(H3,4,5,6,7,8,9) checkY
    Key: ZFSLODLOARCGLH-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C3H3N3O3/c7-1-4-2(8)6-3(9)5-1/h(H3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
    Key: ZFSLODLOARCGLH-UHFFFAOYAR
  • Cyanuric (triol) tautomer: Oc1nc(O)nc(O)n1
  • Isocyanuric (trione) tautomer: O=C1NC(=O)NC(=O)N1
Properties
C3H3N3O3
Molar mass 129.07 g/mol
Appearance white crystalline powder
Density 1.75 g/cm3
Melting point 320–360 °C (608–680 °F; 593–633 K) decomposes
0.27 g/100 ml (25 °C)
-61.5·10−6 cm3/mol
Hazards
Safety data sheet (SDS) ICSC 1313
Related compounds
Related triazines
Cyanuric fluoride
Cyanuric chloride
Cyanuric bromide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cyanuric acid or 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triol is a chemical compound with the formula (CNOH)3. Like many industrially useful chemicals, this triazine has many synonyms. This white, odorless solid finds use as a precursor or a component of bleaches, disinfectants, and herbicides. In 1997, worldwide production was 160 000 tonnes.[2]

  1. ^ a b Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 733. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ Klaus Huthmacher, Dieter Most "Cyanuric Acid and Cyanuric Chloride" Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry" 2005, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi 10.1002/14356007.a08 191