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Formylhydrazine

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Formylhydrazine
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Formylhydrazine is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4N2O and it has a mass of 60 g/mol. It is also known as formic acid hydrazide, hydrazinecarboxaldehyde, formohydrazide, or formic hydrazide. It is one of the simplest compounds in the hydrazide class. Formylhydrazine can act as a bidentate ligand with cobalt, zinc,[2] or cadmium.[3]

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This is also an isomer of urea in the sense of which the hydrogen atom on the amine group has transferred to the carbonyl group.

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Formation

Formylhydrazine can be produced by the acid hydrolysis of diazomethane:

H2CN2 + H2O → HC(O)NHNH2.[4]

Properties

Formylhydrazine causes lung cancer in mice.[5]

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