Sulfamic acid

| Ball-and-stick model of the canonical neutral form | Ball-and-stick model of the zwitterionic form

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Names
IUPAC name

Sulfamic acid

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 5329-14-6 Y

3D model (JSmol)

* Interactive image
* zwitterion: Interactive image

ChEBI |

* CHEBI:9330 Y

ChEMBL |

* ChEMBL68253 Y

ChemSpider |

* 5767 Y

EC Number |

* 226-218-8

Gmelin Reference

| 25628

PubChem CID

* 5987

RTECS number |

* WO5950000

UNII |

* 9NFU33906Q Y

UN number | 2967

InChI

* InChI=1S/H3NO3S/c1-5(2,3)4/h(H3,1,2,3,4) Y

Key: IIACRCGMVDHOTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y

* InChI=1/H3NO3S/c1-5(2,3)4/h(H3,1,2,3,4)

Key: IIACRCGMVDHOTQ-UHFFFAOYAK

SMILES

* O=S(=O)(O)N

* zwitterion: O=[S](=O)([O-])[NH3+]

Properties

Chemical formula

| H3NSO3
Molar mass | 97.10 g/mol
Appearance  | white crystals
Density | 2.15 g/cm3
Melting point |  205 °C (401 °F; 478 K) decomposes

Solubility in water

| Moderate, with slow hydrolysis
Solubility |

* Moderately soluble in DMF
* Slightly soluble in MeOH
* Insoluble in hydrocarbons

Acidity (pKa)  | 1.0[1]
Hazards
Safety data sheet | ICSC 0328
GHS pictograms |
GHS Signal word | Warning

GHS hazard statements

| H315, H319, H412

GHS precautionary statements

| P264, P273, P280, P302+352, P305+351+338, P321, P332+313, P337+313, P362, P501
Related compounds

Other cations

| Ammonium sulfamate

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Y verify (what is YN ?)
Infobox references

Sulfamic acid, also known as amidosulfonic acid, amidosulfuric acid, aminosulfonic acid, sulphamic acid and sulfamidic acid, is a molecular compound with the formula H3NSO3. This colourless, water-soluble compound finds many applications. Sulfamic acid melts at 205 °C before decomposing at higher temperatures to water, sulfur trioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen.[2]

Sulfamic acid (H3NSO3) may be considered an intermediate compound between sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and sulfamide (H4N2SO2), effectively replacing a hydroxyl (−OH) group with an amine (−NH2) group at each step. This pattern can extend no further in either direction without breaking down the sulfonyl (−SO2−) moiety. Sulfamates are derivatives of sulfamic acid.

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Structure and reactivity
* 2.1 Hydrolysis
* 2.2 Acid–base reactions
* 2.3 Reaction with nitric and nitrous acids
* 2.4 Reaction with hypochlorite
* 2.5 Reaction with alcohols
* 3 Applications
* 3.1 Cleaning agent
* 3.2 Other uses
* 3.3 Silver polishing
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading

## Production

Sulfamic acid is produced industrially by treating urea with a mixture of sulfur trioxide and sulfuric acid (or oleum). The conversion is conducted in two stages, the first being sulfamation:

OC(NH2)2 \+ SO3 → OC(NH2)(NHSO3H)
OC(NH2)(NHSO3H) + H2SO4 → CO2 \+ 2 H3NSO3

In this way, approximately 96,000 tonnes were produced in 1995.[3]

## Structure and reactivity

Ball-and-stick model of a sulfamic acid zwitterion as it occurs in the crystal state[4]

The compound is well described by the formula H3NSO3, not the tautomer H2NSO2(OH). The relevant bond distances are 1.44 Å for the S=O and 1.77 Å for the S−N. The greater length of the S−N is consistent with a single bond.[5] Furthermore, a neutron diffraction study located the hydrogen atoms, all three of which are 1.03 Å distant from the nitrogen.[4] In the solid state, the molecule of sulfamic acid is well described by a zwitterionic form.

### Hydrolysis

The crystalline solid is indefinitely stable under ordinary storage conditions; however, aqueous solutions of sulfamic acid slowly hydrolyse to ammonium bisulfate, according to the following reaction:

H3NSO3 \+ H2O → [NH4]+[HSO4]−

Its behaviour resembles that of urea, (H2N)2CO. Both feature amino groups linked to electron-withdrawing centres that can participate in delocalised bonding. Both liberate ammonia upon heating in water, with urea releasing CO2, while sulfamic acid releases sulfuric acid.

### Acid–base reactions

Sulfamic acid is a moderately strong acid, Ka = 0.101 (pKa = 0.995). Because the solid is not hygroscopic, it is used as a standard in acidimetry (quantitative assays of acid content).

H3NSO3 \+ NaOH → NaH2NSO3 \+ H2O

Double deprotonation can be effected in liquid ammonia to give the anion HNSO2−3.[6]

H3NSO3 \+ 2 NH3 → HNSO2−3 \+ 2 NH+4

### Reaction with nitric and nitrous acids

With nitrous acid, sulfamic acid reacts to give nitrogen:

HNO2 \+ H3NSO3 → H2SO4 \+ N2 \+ H2O

while with concentrated nitric acid, it affords nitrous oxide:[7]

HNO3 \+ H3NSO3 → H2SO4 \+ N2O + H2O

### Reaction with hypochlorite

The reaction of excess hypochlorite ions with sulfamic acid or a sulfamate salt gives rise reversibly to both N-chlorosulfamate and N,N-dichlorosulfamate ions.[8][9][10]

HClO + H2NSO3H → ClNHSO3H + H2O
HClO + ClNHSO3H ⇌ Cl2NSO3H + H2O

Consequently, sulfamic acid is used as hypochlorite scavenger in the oxidation of aldehydes with chlorite such as the Pinnick oxidation.

### Reaction with alcohols

Upon heating, sulfamic acid reacts with alcohols to form the corresponding organosulfates. It is more expensive than other reagents for doing this, such as chlorosulfonic acid or oleum, but is also significantly milder and does not sulfonate aromatic rings. Products are produced as their ammonium salts. Such reactions can be catalyzed by the presence of urea.[10] Without the presence of any catalysts, sulfamic acid does not react with ethanol at temperatures below 100 °C.

ROH + H2NSO3H → ROS(O)2O− \+ NH+4

An example of this reaction is the production 2-ethylhexyl sulfate, a wetting agent used in the mercerisation of cotton, by combining sulfamic acid with 2-ethylhexanol.

## Applications

Sulfamic acid is mainly a precursor to sweet-tasting compounds. Reaction with cyclohexylamine followed by addition of NaOH gives C6H11NHSO3Na, sodium cyclamate. Related compounds are also sweeteners, such as acesulfame potassium.

Sulfamates have been used in the design of many types of therapeutic agents such as antibiotics, nucleoside/nucleotide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase inhibitors, HIV protease inhibitors (PIs), anticancer drugs (steroid sulfatase and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors), anti-epileptic drugs, and weight loss drugs.[11]

### Cleaning agent

Sulfamic acid is used as an acidic cleaning agent and descaling agent, either pure or as a component of proprietary mixtures, typically for metals and ceramics. For cleaning purposes, there are different grades based on application such as GP grade, SR grade and TM grade[clarification needed]. It is frequently used for removing rust and limescale, replacing the more volatile and irritating hydrochloric acid, which is cheaper. It is often a component of household descalant, for example, Lime-A-Way Thick Gel contains up to 8% sulfamic acid and has pH 2.0–2.2,[12] or detergents used for removal of limescale. When compared to most of the common strong mineral acids, sulfamic acid has desirable water descaling properties, low volatility, and low toxicity. It forms water-soluble salts of calcium, nickel, and ferric iron.

Sulfamic acid is preferable to hydrochloric acid in household use, due to its intrinsic safety. If inadvertently mixed with hypochlorite-based products, such as bleach, it does not form chlorine gas, whereas the most common acids would; the reaction (neutralisation) with ammonia produces a salt, as depicted in the section above.

It also finds applications in the industrial cleaning of dairy and brewhouse equipment. Although it is considered less corrosive than hydrochloric acid, corrosion inhibitors are often added to the commercial cleansers of which it is a component. It can be used as a descalant for descaling home coffee and espresso machines and in denture cleaners.

### Other uses

* Catalyst for esterification process
* Dye and pigment manufacturing
* Herbicide, as ammonium sulfamate
* Descalant for scale removal
* Coagulator for urea-formaldehyde resins
* Ingredient in fire extinguishing media. Sulfamic acid is the main raw material for ammonium sulfamate, which is a widely used herbicide and fire-retardant material for household products.
* Pulp and paper industry, as a chloride stabilizer
* Synthesis of nitrous oxide by reaction with nitric acid
* The deprotonated form (sulfamate) is a common counterion for nickel(II) in electroplating.
* Used to separate nitrite ions from mixture of nitrite and nitrate ions (NO3− \+ NO2−) during qualitative analysis of nitrate by brown ring test.
* Obtaining deep eutectic solvents with urea[13]
* As a treatment for removal of nitrite (NO2−) interference in Cyanide analysis.

### Silver polishing

According to the label on the consumer product, the silver cleaning product TarnX contains thiourea, a detergent, and sulfamic acid.

## References

1. ↑ Candlin, J. P.; Wilkins, R. G. (1960). "828. Sulphur–nitrogen compounds. Part I. The hydrolysis of sulphamate ion in perchloric acid". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 4236–4241. doi:10.1039/JR9600004236.
2. ↑ Yoshikubo, K.; Suzuki, M. (2000). "Sulfamic Acid and Sulfamates". Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1921120625151908.a01. ISBN 0471238961.
3. ↑ Metzger, A.. "Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a25_439.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sass, R. L. (1960). "A neutron diffraction study on the crystal structure of sulfamic acid". Acta Crystallographica 13 (4): 320–324. doi:10.1107/S0365110X60000789. Bibcode: 1960AcCry..13..320S.
5. ↑ Bats, J. W.; Coppens, P.; Koetzle, T. F. (1977). "The experimental charge density in sulfur-containing molecules. A study of the deformation electron density in sulfamic acid at 78 K by X-ray and neutron diffraction". Acta Crystallographica Section B 33 (1): 37–45. doi:10.1107/S0567740877002568. Bibcode: 1977AcCrB..33...37B.
6. ↑ Clapp, L. B. (1943). "Sulfamic acid and its uses". Journal of Chemical Education 20 (4): 189–346. doi:10.1021/ed020p189. Bibcode: 1943JChEd..20..189C.
7. ↑ Dzelzkalns, Laila; Bonner, Francis (1978). "Reaction between nitric and sulfamic acids in aqueous solution". Inorganic Chemistry 17 (12): 3710–3711. doi:10.1021/ic50190a080.
8. ↑ Self, Richard W.; Joseph C. Watkins Jr. & John K. Sullins, "Process for control of micro-organisms in process streams", US patent 3328294, published 1967-06-27
9. ↑ "Systèmes aqueux stables contenant un composé N-hydrogéné et un hypohalogénite [Stable aqueous systems containing an N-hydrogenated compound and a hypohalogenite]" FR patent 2087248, published 1971-12-31
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Benson, G. Anthony; Spillane, William J. (1980). "Sulfamic acid and its N-substituted derivatives". Chemical Reviews 80 (2): 151–186. doi:10.1021/cr60324a002. ISSN 0009-2665.
11. ↑ Winum, J. Y.; Scozzafava, A.; Montero, J. L.; Supuran, C. T. (2005). "Sulfamates and their therapeutic potential". Medicinal Research Reviews 25 (2): 186–228. doi:10.1002/med.20021. PMID 15478125.
12. ↑ Benckiser, Reckitt. "Material Safety Data Sheet – Lime-A-Way Lime, Calcium and Rust Cleaner (Trigger Spray)". http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/msds/125835.pdf.
13. ↑ Kazachenko, Aleksandr S.; Issaoui, Noureddine; Medimagh, Mouna; Yu. Fetisova, Olga; Berezhnaya, Yaroslava D.; Elsuf'ev, Evgeniy V.; Al-Dossary, Omar M.; Wojcik, Marek J.; Xiang, Zhouyang; Bousiakou, Leda G. "Experimental and theoretical study of the sulfamic acid-urea deep eutectic solvent" (2022) Journal of Molecular Liquids, 363, art. no. 119859. doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119859.

## Further reading

* "Chemical Sampling Information – Sulfamic Acid". Occupational Health & Safety Administration. 6 May 1997. http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_268428.html.
* Cremlyn, R. J. (1996). An Introduction to Organosulfur Chemistry. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-95512-2.
* Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

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Hydrogen compounds

* H3AsO3
* H3AsO4
* HArF
* HAt
* HSO3F
* HBF4
* HBr
* HBrO
* HBrO2
* HBrO3
* HBrO4
* HCl
* HClO
* HClO2
* HClO3
* HClO4
* HCN
* HCNO
* H2CrO4/H2Cr2O7
* H2CO3
* H2CS3
* HF
* HFΟ
* HI
* HIO
* HIO2
* HIO3
* HIO4
* HMnO4
* H2MoO4
* HNC
* NaHCO3
* HNCO
* HNO
* HNO2
* HNO3
* H2N2O2
* HNO5S
* H3NSO3
* H2O
* H2O2
* H2O3
* H3PO2
* H3PO3
* H3PO4
* H4P2O7
* H5P3O10
* H2PtCl6
* H2S
* H2S2
* H2Se
* H2SeO3
* H2SeO4
* H4SiO4
* H2SiF6
* HSCN
* HNSC
* H2SO3
* H2SO4
* H2SO5
* H2S2O3
* H2S2O6
* H2S2O7
* H2S2O8
* CF3SO3H
* H2Te
* H2TeO3
* H6TeO6
* H4TiO4
* H2Po
* HCo(CO)4

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