dithiooxamide
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Dithiooxamide, also known as rubeanic acid, is an organic compound. It is the sulfur analog of oxamide. It acts as a chelating agent, e.g. in the detection or determination of copper. It has also been used as a building block in the synthesis of cyclen.
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- 119.982
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- chemical formula
- C₂H₄N₂S₂
- canonical SMILES
- C(=S)(C(=S)N)N
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Dithiooxamide, also known as rubeanic acid, is an organic compound. It is the sulfur analog of oxamide. It acts as a chelating agent, e.g. in the detection or determination of copper. It has also been used as a building block in the synthesis of cyclen.
==Materials chemistry== Rubeanic acid has received much attention as a precursor to photonic or electroactive materials. It is a precursor to inorganic C-S-N rings. It condenses with acid chlorides to thiazoles. It forms coordination polymers.