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A Safe and Effective Strategy for the Synthesis of Cyanuric Acid Using the Solvent Method

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Cyanuric acid is an organic intermediate widely used in organic synthesis, and the traditional production method of cyanuric acid is the pyrolysis urea method. Due to the shortcomings of uneven mass transfer, many by-products and poor environmental friendliness, the production of cyanuric acid is extremely limited. In this paper, an effective method has been developed to synthesize cyanuric acid with high yield in a short period of time through the addition-elimination reaction of dihydric alcohol and urea under alkaline conditions. The reaction time, molar ratio of reactants, reaction temperature and other influencing factors were studied. Under optimized conditions, the yield of cyanuric acid is over 90%. And further the proposed reaction mechanism is verified. The synthetic method provided in this article has the advantages of easy availability of raw materials and reusability, simple operation and short reaction time, which makes the method novel and environmentally friendly.

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    Qinghui Ren, Linfeng Qian, Yanhui Yao, Yazhou Wen & Xiaohua Shi

  2. Engineering Research Center of Advanced Function Material Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Henan, China

    Qinghui Ren, Linfeng Qian, Yanhui Yao, Yazhou Wen & Xiaohua Shi

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Ren, Q., Qian, L., Yao, Y. et al. A Safe and Effective Strategy for the Synthesis of Cyanuric Acid Using the Solvent Method. Russ J Appl Chem 95, 1618–1626 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070427222100135

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