Alloxan
CAS Registry Number®
50-71-5
CAS Name
AlloxanMolecular Formula
C4H2N2O4Molecular Mass
142.07Cite this Page
Alloxan. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=50-71-5 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 50-71-5). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
256 °C (decomp)Density (2)
1.839 g/cm³ @ Temp: -5 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (2) Beck, G.; Wiener Chemiker-Zeitung, (1943), 46, 18-22, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H2N2O4/c7-1-2(8)5-4(10)6-3(1)9/h(H2,5,6,8,9,10)
InChIKey
InChIKey=HIMXGTXNXJYFGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
O=C1C(=O)NC(=O)NC1=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C1NC(=O)C(=O)C(=O)N1
Other Names for this Substance
- 2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinetetrone
- Alloxan
- Mesoxalylcarbamide
- Mesoxalylurea
- 2,4,5,6-Tetraoxohexahydropyrimidine
