Cyanamide

An inorganic compound, CH2N2, 42.041 g/mol. Boiling point 83 °C at 5.00E-01 mm Hg, melting point 44 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: CH₂N₂
Molecular weight: 42.041 g/mol
Exact mass: 42.021798 g/mol
IUPAC name: cyanamide
SMILES: N#CN
InChI: InChI=1S/CH2N2/c2-1-3/h2H2
InChIKey: XZMCDFZZKTWFGF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 500 °F at 760 mmHg (Decomposes) (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 83 °C at 5.00E-01 mm Hgmeasured · DrugBank
Melting Point: 113 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 44 °Cmeasured · DrugBank
Density: 1.28 (NIOSH, 2024) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1.282 g/cu cm at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: 78 % at 59 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 500000 mg/L (at 25 °C)measured · DrugBank
Vapor Pressure: 3.75X10-3 mm Hg at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Vapor pressure, Pa at 20 °C: 0.5measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
LogP: -0.82measured · DrugBank; log Kow = -0.82 (20 °C)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Flash Point: 286 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 286 °F; 141 °C (closed cup)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.4418 at 48 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 88TH Edition 2007-2008. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2007, p. 3-124

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 42.04 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 42.021798072 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: -0.3calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 49.8 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 29calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · reference compound database
logP: -0.5738calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 49.81 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 9.8004 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.2912calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

N Nitrogen2 atoms · 66.6% by mass
C Carbon1 atom · 28.6% by mass
H Hydrogen2 atoms · 4.8% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 3
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 5
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Nitrile
A carbon–nitrogen triple bond.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Cyanamide yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is cyanamide.

The sources also call it Hydrogen cyanamide, Amidocyanogen, Carbamonitrile, Cyanoamine, aminoformonitrile, Cyanogenamide, Alzogur, Cyanogen nitride, N-Cyanoamine, TsAKS, NH2CN.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Cyanamide has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Cyanamide. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

(1-{6-[Trifluoromethyl]pyridin-3-yl}ethyl)(methyl)lambda4-sulfanylidenecyanamide

formed as a product

C₁₀H₁₀F₃N₃S, 261.272 g/mol.

1,4-Dioxane

used as a reactant

C₄H₈O₂, 88.106 g/mol.

(Z)-1-((5-tert-butyl-2-(5-chloro-2-methoxyphenylcarbonothioylimino)thiazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl)cyclopentyl acetate

used as a reactant

C₂₃H₂₉ClN₂O₃S₂, 481.083 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database9864
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.