Solubility of sodium cyanate in dimethylformamide: 0.05 g/100 mL (25 °C)

Solubility of sodium cyanate in ethanol: 0.22 g/100 mL (0 °C)

Solubility in water 11.6 g/100 mL (25 °C)

Solubility ethanol: 0.22 g/100 mL (0 °C)

dimethylformamide: 0.05 g/100 mL (25 °C)

slightly soluble in ammonia, benzene

insoluble in diethyl ether

a protic solvent is a solvent that has a hydrogen atom bound to an oxygen (as in a hydroxyl group) or a nitrogen (as in an amine group). In general terms, any solvent that contains labile H+ is called a protic solvent. The molecules of such solvents readily donate protons (H+) to reagents. Conversely, aprotic solvents cannot donate hydrogen.