N-(Hydroxymethyl)cyanamide

CAS Registry Number®

51274-50-1

CAS Name

N-(Hydroxymethyl)cyanamide

Molecular Formula

C2H4N2O

Molecular Mass

72.07

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N-(Hydroxymethyl)cyanamide.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=51274-50-1 (retrieved 2025-08-14) (CAS RN: 51274-50-1).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H4N2O/c3-1-4-2-5/h4-5H,2H2

InChIKey

InChIKey=OQLIEEINQMPPMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

N(C#N)CO

Canonical SMILES

N#CNCO

Other Names for this Substance

  • Cyanamide, N-(hydroxymethyl)-
  • Cyanamide, (hydroxymethyl)-
  • N-(Hydroxymethyl)cyanamide

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