Formaldehyde → Melamine formaldehyde

HRID 1251300Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1251300 reaction equation
[N:1]1[C:8]([NH2:9])=[N:7][C:5]([NH2:6])=[N:4][C:2]=1[NH2:3].[CH2:10]=[O:11].[OH-].[Na+]>O>[CH2:10]=[O:11].[N:1]1[C:8]([NH2:9])=[N:7][C:5]([NH2:6])=[N:4][C:2]=1[NH2:3]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 7955MelamineHCID 14798Sodium Hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 93374Melamine formaldehyde

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

Commercial melamine powder was added to an aqueous 37% formaldehyde solution, and the pH of the obtained mixture was brought to 9.0 with sodium hydroxide solution. The mixture was heated for 30 minutes at a water temperature of 60° C. to obtain a melamine-formaldehyde prepolymer.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e1d085a43b6d4b0984a5e401a4638a02
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_01
Patent number
US06342329B1

Reaction notes

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