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Cyanic acid
Cyanic acid is a colourless poisonous liquid with a boiling point of 23.5 degrees Celsius and a melting point of - 81 degrees Celsius. At 0 degrees Celsius cyanic acid is converted to cyamelide.
In water cyanic acid hydrolyses to carbon dioxide and ammonia.
Cyanic acid (H-N=C=O) is an isomer of fulminic acid (H-C=N-O).
two tautomers exist for Cyanic Acid, N
C-O-H and H-N=C=O
It forms in a reaction between potassium cyanate and formic acid.
references
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 65 th. Edition, CRC Press (1984)
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