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Urea

Catalog No. A12360 Name Alfa Aesar
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SYNONYMS

Title
尿素
IUPAC name
urea
IUPAC Traditional name
urea
Synonyms
Carbamide

DATABASE IDS

EC Number 200-315-5
Merck Index 149867
MDL Number MFCD00008022
Beilstein Number 635724
CAS Number 57-13-6

PROPERTIES

Purity 98+%
Density 1.335
Melting Point 130-135°C
RTECS YR6250000
TSCA Listed

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Reacts with alcohols on prolonged heating to give alkyl carbamates; see, e.g.: Org. Synth. Coll., 1, 140 (1941).
  • Widely used in diazotization reactions for the destruction of excess HNO2.
  • For the one-pot conversion of carboxylic acids to nitriles, by heating with urea in the presence of 1.5-2.0 moles of sulfamic acid, see: Chimia, 25, 94 (1971).
  • For a procedure for conversion of carboxylic acids to primary amides by heating with urea, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 3, 768 (1955); 4, 513 (1963).