Urotropine, also known as hexamethylenetetramine, hexamethylenetetramine, is a polycyclic heterocyclic compound with a similar structure to adamantane, and the molecular formula is C6H12N4. Urotropine is a white crystal, which can be prepared by the reaction of formaldehyde and ammonia, and the molecule contains four triazacyclohexane rings fused to each other. Limited soluble in water, easily soluble in most organic solvents.
Urotropine has a wide range of applications. It can be used as raw materials for organic synthesis, analytical chemical reagents, antibiotics, fuels, and also has many uses in chemical production. Urotropine reacts with fuming nitric acid to form RDX, a highly explosive "cyclone explosive".
Some of the main uses of urotropine are listed below
Hexamethylenetetramine is mainly used as a curing agent for resins and plastics, a catalyst and foaming agent for aminoplasts, an accelerator for rubber vulcanization (accelerator H), and an anti-shrinkage agent for textiles.
Hexamethylenetetramine is a raw material for organic synthesis and is used in the pharmaceutical industry to produce chloramphenicol.
Hexamethylenetetramine can be used as a disinfectant for the urinary system. It has no antibacterial effect and is effective against Gram-negative bacteria. Its 20% solution can be used to treat underarm odor, sweaty feet, tinea corporis, etc. It is mixed with sodium hydroxide and sodium phenate as a phosgene absorber in gas masks.
Used in the manufacture of pesticides and pesticides. Hexamethylenetetramine reacts with fuming nitric acid to produce a highly explosive cyclone explosive, abbreviated as RDX.
Hexamethylenetetramine can also be used as a reagent and chromatographic analysis reagent for the determination of bismuth, indium, manganese, cobalt, thorium, platinum, magnesium, lithium, copper, uranium, beryllium, tellurium, bromide, iodide, etc.
It is a commonly used military fuel.
It is used as a curing agent for resins and plastics, a vulcanization accelerator (accelerator H) for rubber, an anti-shrinkage agent for textiles, and in the preparation of fungicides, explosives, etc. In medicinal use, it can be decomposed into acid urine after oral administration to produce formaldehyde, which has a bactericidal effect, and is used for mild urinary tract infections; it is used externally to treat ringworm, antiperspirant, and underarm odor. Mixed with caustic soda and sodium phenate, it is used as phosgene absorber for gas masks.
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