Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12ChemistryCarbonyl Compounds and Carboxylic Acids3 Marks
Question
What is Urotropine? How is It prepared? Mention Its structure and uses.
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Answer
1. Urotropine is hexamethylene tetramine. N
2. Formaldehyde reacts with ammonia to form hexamethylene tetramine, which is called Urotropine. HC CH1 CH
3. Urotropine is used as a medicine to treat urinary infection.
4. Nitration of Urotropine under controlled condition gives an explosive RDX (Research and development explosive). It is also called cyclonite or cyclotri methylene trinitramine
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