Process for producing triaminoguanidine nitrate and the high melting point product so produced

• US 4,800,232 A
• Filed: 10/16/1987
• Issued: 01/24/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: OLIN Corporation
• Original Assignee: OLIN Corporation
• Inventors: Rothgery, Eugene F., Manke, Steven A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reamer, James H.
• Application Number:
  US07/109,010
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 564/227
• US Class Current: 564/227
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 281/16 Compounds containing any of the groups , e.g. aminoguanidine

Abstract

A process for producing triaminoguanidine nitrate, and, more specifically, a process which involves reacting hydrazine, nitric acid and cyanamide in specified molar ratios. Also claimed is the high melting point product so produced.

Claims

1. A process for producing triaminoguanidine nitrate by a reaction of an aqueous mixture of cyanamide, hydrazine nitrate, and hydrazine in a molar ratio of between about 1:

2;

1 and about 1;

4;

4 to provide a product having a melting point of at least 220°

C.

2. The process of claim 1 wherein said reaction is conducted at reflux temperature and atmospheric pressure.

3. The process of claim 1 wherein said molar ratio is 1:

3;

3.