Sodium cyanate Chemical Properties

Melting point:

550 °C

Density 

1,937 g/cm³

storage temp. 

Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature

solubility 

Water (Slightly)

form 

Crystalline Powder and/Chunks

color 

White to light yellow or light beige

Water Solubility 

110 g/L (20 ºC)

Merck 

14,8604

BRN 

3594963

Stability:

Stable. Incompatible with acids, strong oxidizing agents.

LogP

0.3 at 20℃

CAS DataBase Reference

917-61-3(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Cyanic acid, sodium salt (917-61-3)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

22-52/53

Safety Statements 

24/25-61

WGK Germany 

1

RTECS 

GS7000000

TSCA 

Yes

HS Code 

28380000

Toxicity

LD50 i.p. in mice: 260 mg/kg (Cerami)

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Sodium cyanate Usage And Synthesis

Description

Sodium cyanate belongs to the sodium salt of cyanic acid, which is commonly applied in the fields of chemical industry and medicine. Its industrial application is to serve as an intermediate in the production of dye-stuffs, bulk drug, heat treatment salts for metals, fungicides, herbicides, and photographic initiators. It is also an ideal nucleophile. The nucleophile properties of sodium cyanate makes it a major contributor to the stereospecificity in certain reactions such as in the production of chiral oxazolidone. Besides, it also acts as a reagent in the production of asymmetrical urea which have a range of biological activity mostly in aryl isocyanate intermediates. These intermediates and sodium cyanate have been applied in medicine, displaying counterbalancing carcinogenic effects on human body, which is probably effective with sickle cell anemia and helpful to block certain receptors for melanin which has been indicated to be helpful with obesity.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cyanate
http://www.recentlab.com/sodiumcyanate.htm
http://www.jfine.co.jp/eng/chemicals/use/cyanate/index.html

Chemical Properties

white powder or crystals

Uses

Sodium Cyanate is used in biological study as tumor cell proliferation and metabolism inhibition.

Uses

Organic synthesis, heat treating of steel, inter- mediate for manufacture of medicinals.

Definition

ChEBI: Sodium cyanate is a cyanate salt and a one-carbon compound.

Flammability and Explosibility

Non flammable

Safety Profile

Poison by ingestion, intraperitoneal, and intramuscular routes. Human systemic effects by ingestion: weight loss, changes in the visual field, and other eye effects. See also CYANATES. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of CNand Na2O.

Purification Methods

It forms colourless needles from EtOH. Its solubility in EtOH is 0.22g/100g at 0oC. It is soluble in H2O but can be recrystallised from small volumes of it.

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