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1,3,5-Triazine

1,3,5-Triazine
1,3,5-Triazine
1,3,5-Triazine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,3,5-Triazine
Other names
sym-Triazine
s-Triazine
Cyanidine
Hydrogen cyanide trimer
Vedita
Identifiers
3D model (Jmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.005.481
RTECS number XY2957000
Properties
C3H3N3
Molar mass 81.08 g/mol
Appearance White crystalline solid
Melting point 81 to 83 °C (178 to 181 °F; 354 to 356 K)
Structure
planar
zero
Hazards
Main hazards Sensitive to water
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

1,3,5-triazine, also called s-triazine, is an organic chemical compound with the formula (HCN)3. It is a six-membered heterocyclic aromatic ring, one of several isomeric triazines. S-triazine and its derivatives are useful in a variety of applications.

Symmetrical 1,3,5-triazines are prepared by trimerization of certain nitriles such as cyanogen chloride or cyanimide. Benzoguanamine (with one phenyl and 2 amino substituents) is synthesised from benzonitrile and dicyandiamide. In the Pinner triazine synthesis (named after Adolf Pinner ) the reactants are an alkyl or aryl amidine and phosgene Insertion of N-H moiety into hydrazide by a copper carbenoid, followed by treatment with ammonium chloride also gives the triazine core.

As a reagent in organic synthesis, s-triazine is used as the equivalent of hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Being a solid (vs a gas for HCN), triazine is sometimes easier to handle in the laboratory. One application is in the Gattermann reaction, used to attach the formyl group to aromatic substrates.

N- and C-substituted triazines are used industrially. The most common derivative of 1,3,5-triazine is 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine, commonly known as melamine or cyanuramide. Another important derivative is 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triol better known as cyanuric acid.

2,4,6-Trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (cyanuric chloride) is the starting point for the manufacture of many herbicides such as Simazine and atrazine. Chlorinated triazines are the basis of an important family of reactive dyes, which are covalently attached to cellulosic materials.


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