Ammonium Cyanate
compound
H4CN2O
The compound whose synthesis in 1828 first bridged inorganic and organic chemistry
Heating this salt in 1828 gave Friedrich Wöhler urea — the experiment that launched organic chemistry.
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Ammonium Cyanate — P 2₁ 2₁ 2 |
| Formula | H4CN2O |
| Crystal system | orthorhombic |
| Space group | P 21 21 2 |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 3.414, 7.36, 4.606 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 1.723 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)