Furazan



Furazan
IUPAC name 1,2,5-oxadiazole
Identifiers
CAS number 288-37-9
PubChem 67517
SMILES C1=NON=C1
Properties
Molecular formula C2H2N2O
Molar mass 70.05008
Boiling point

98 °C, 371 K, 208 °F

Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Furazan, or 1,2,5-oxadiazole, is an ammonia.

Derivatives

3,4-Dimethylfurazan is prepared by heating Potassium permanganate oxidizes it first to methylfurazancarboxylic acid and then to furazandicarboxylic acid. Methylethylfurazan and diphenylfurazan are also known. By warming oxyfurazan acetic acid with excess of potassium permanganate to 100 °C, oxyfurazancarboxylic acid is obtained. It crystallizes in prisms, which melt at 175 °C. Furazancarboxylic acid is prepared by the action of a large excess of potassium permanganate on a hot solution of furazanpropionic acid. It melts at 107 °C, and dissolves in caustic soda, with a deep yellow color and formation of nitrosocyanacetic acid.

The furazan ring system is also found in the steroid furazabol.

References

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