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Formylhydrazine
Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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]
References
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