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Hydantoic acid is an acid with the chemical formula C3H6N2O3. Its molecule contains a total of 13 bonds including seven non-H bonds, two multiple bonds, two rotatable bonds, two double bonds, one carboxylic acid (aliphatic), one urea derivative, and one hydroxyl group.[1] It can be obtained from uric acid[2] as well as from glycine with urea in the presence of alkali. [3]