Dithiooxamide
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Dithiooxamide or 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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Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
. It is the sulfur analog of oxamide
Oxamide
Oxamide is the organic compound with the formula 2. This white crystalline solid is soluble in ethanol, slightly soluble in water and insoluble in diethyl ether...
. 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
Cyclen
Cyclen or 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane is a macrocycle and the aza analogue of the crown ether 12-crown-4. Derivatives of cyclen are larger cyclic polyamines but the repeating unit is always the same. Like crown ethers, cyclen compounds are capable of selectively binding cations...
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