1,3,5-Triazine

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—the "symmetric" isomer—and its derivatives are useful in a variety of applications.

1,3,5-Triazine
1,3,5-Triazine
1,3,5-Triazine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,3,5-Triazine[1]
Other names
sym-Triazine
s-Triazine
Cyanidine
Hydrogen cyanide trimer
Vedita
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.005.481
RTECS number
  • XY2957000
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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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Preparation

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.[2] In the Pinner triazine synthesis (named after Adolf Pinner)[3] the reactants are an alkyl or aryl amidine and phosgene.[4][5] Insertion of an N-H moiety into a hydrazide by a copper carbenoid, followed by treatment with ammonium chloride also gives the triazine core.[6]

Amine-substituted triazines called Guanamines are prepared by the condensation of cyanoguanidine with the corresponding nitrile:[7]

(H2N)2C=NCN + RCN → (CNH2)2(CR)N3

Applications

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.[8]

Triazine derivatives

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.[9]

Methods for attaching reactive dyes to fibres (Cell = cellulose; R = chromophore).

Triazines are also found in pharmaceutical products.[10]

References

  1. Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 147. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. Benzoguanamine J. K. Simons and M. R. Saxton Organic Syntheses Coll. Vol. 4, p.78; Vol. 33, p.13 Article Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. A. Pinner, Ber. 23, 2919 (1890)
  4. Name reactions and reagents in organic synthesis, Bradford P. Mundy, Michael G. Ellerd, Frank G. Favaloro
  5. Triazines. XIV. The Extension of the Pinner Synthesis of Monohydroxy-s-triazines to the Aliphatic Series. 2,4-Dimethyl-s-triazine1-3 Hansjuergen Schroeder, Christoph Grundmann J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78 (11), pp 2447–2451 doi:10.1021/ja01592a028
  6. Shi, B.; Lewis, W.; Campbell, I. B.; Moody, C. J. Org. Lett., 2009, 3686-3688 doi:10.1021/ol901502u
  7. J. K. Simons; M. R. Saxton (1953). "Benzoguanamine". Org. Synth. 33: 13. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.033.0013.
  8. Roswitha M. Böhme, Qun Dang "1,3,5-Triazine" in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2008 John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rt158.pub2
  9. Horst Tappe, Walter Helmling, Peter Mischke, Karl Rebsamen, Uwe Reiher, Werner Russ, Ludwig Schläfer and Petra Vermehren "Reactive Dyes"in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2000, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a22_651
  10. Aksenov A. V., Aksenova, I. V. "Use of the ring opening reactions of 1,3,5-triazines in organic synthesis" Chemistry of Heterocyclic Cmpds. 45, pp 130-150 (2009). doi:10.1007/s10593-009-0243-5
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