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55321

Hexamethylenetetramine

Synonym(s):

E239, 1,3,5,7-Tetraazatricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane, Hexamine, Methenamine, Urotropine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H12N4
CAS Number:
100-97-0
Molecular Weight:
140.19
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329758095
EC Number:
202-905-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2018
MDL number:
MFCD00006895

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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

autoignition temp.

770 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤1.0% water

mp

280 °C (subl.) (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

C1N2CN3CN1CN(C2)C3

InChI

1S/C6H12N4/c1-7-2-9-4-8(1)5-10(3-7)6-9/h1-6H2

InChI key

VKYKSIONXSXAKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Hexamethylenetetramine is an organic compound and drug, commonly used in the treatment of human urinary infections. It is also widely used as a raw material of explosive compounds and accelerator in rubber vulcanization.

Application

Hexamethylenetetramine may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in water samples and pharmaceutical formulations using analytical techniques.
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pictograms

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GHS02,GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H228,H317

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Sol. 2 - Skin Sens. 1B

Storage Class

4.1B - Flammable solid hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

482.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

250 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

危险化学品
易制爆化学品

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Gas chromatographic determination of trace amounts of hexamethylenetetramine in water using an iodine charge-transfer complex
Koga M, et al.
Analytical Sciences, 1(4), 381-384 (1985)
Spectrophotometric, Spectrofluorimetric And High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method For The Determination Of Hexamine In Tablets
Balasubramanian.M, et al.
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 65(6), 643-643 (2003)
Hong Yu et al.
Nanoscale, 6(18), 10556-10561 (2014-08-15)
Ternary metal oxides have been receiving wide attention in electrochemical energy storage due to their rich redox reactions and tuneable conductivity. We present a simple solution-based method to prepare a 3D interconnected porous network of ternary metal oxide (CoMoO₄ and
Vincent Consonni et al.
ACS nano, 8(5), 4761-4770 (2014-04-12)
Controlling the polarity of ZnO nanowires in addition to the uniformity of their structural morphology in terms of position, vertical alignment, length, diameter, and period is still a technological and fundamental challenge for real-world device integration. In order to tackle
Andreas Lemmerer et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(13), 1883-1885 (2011-12-03)
The tetrahedral arrangement of hydrogen bonding donor and acceptor groups is used to rationalise the design of a diamondoid network; however, a single proton transfer renders the four sites inequivalent, and results in two polymorphs of the title molecular salt
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
CRM05348-100MG04065265083966
CRM05348-50MG04065266936001
45479-250MG04061833955703
55321-1G04061832582092

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