(Hydroxymethyl)urea

Base Information

• Chemical Name: (Hydroxymethyl)urea
• CAS No.: 1000-82-4
• Molecular Formula: C2H6 N2 O2
• Molecular Weight: 90.0818
• Hs Code.: 2924199090
• European Community (EC) Number: 213-674-8
• NSC Number: 13181
• UNII: 15BY095DMS
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID5027350
• Nikkaji Number: J56.143F
• Wikipedia: Methylol_urea
• Wikidata: Q27101932
• Metabolomics Workbench ID: 50516
• Mol file: 1000-82-4.mol

Synonyms:N-(hydroxymethyl)urea

Chemical Property of (Hydroxymethyl)urea

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: colorless powder
• Vapor Pressure: 0.00326mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: 111 °C
• Boiling Point: 237.6 °C at 760 mmHg
• PKA: 12.63±0.46(Predicted)
• Flash Point: 97.5 °C
• PSA: 75.35000
• Density: 1.311 g/cm³
• LogP: -0.30430
• XLogP3: -1.7
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 3
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 2
• Rotatable Bond Count: 1
• Exact Mass: 90.042927438
• Heavy Atom Count: 6
• Complexity: 53.5

Purity/Quality:

98%,99%, ^*data from raw suppliers

(HYDROXYMETHYL)UREA 95.00% ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Nitrogen Compounds -> Urea Compounds
• Canonical SMILES: C(NC(=O)N)O
• Uses: Urea-formaldehyde resins, molding adhesives,treating textiles and wood.

Technology Process of (Hydroxymethyl)urea

There total 14 articles about (Hydroxymethyl)urea which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 26.6%

formaldehyd (50-00-0,30525-89-4,61233-19-0) + urea (57-13-6) → (hydroxymethyl)urea (1000-82-4)

Guidance literature:

With formic acid; sodium hydroxide; In water; at 5 - 25 ℃; pH=8;

DOI:10.1002/mrc.4044

Reference yield:

1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)urea (140-95-4) → formaldehyd (50-00-0,30525-89-4,61233-19-0) + (hydroxymethyl)urea (1000-82-4)

Guidance literature:

In sulfuric acid; at 343 ℃; Rate constant;

Reference yield:

methylenediurea (13547-17-6) → (hydroxymethyl)urea (1000-82-4) + urea (57-13-6)

Guidance literature:

In sulfuric acid; at 343 ℃; Rate constant;

upstream raw materials:

formaldehyd

urea

1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)urea

methylenediurea

Downstream raw materials:

bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)methane

1,3-bis(4-hydroxybenzyl)urea

1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)urea

formaldehyd

Refernces

• 1、 Smythe. "-". . . Retrieved 1951.
• 2、 Ford,Jacobson,McGrew. "-". . p. 3795. Retrieved 1948.
• 3、 Steinhof, Oliver,Kibrik, Eleonore J.,Scherr, Guenter,Hasse, Hans. "Quantitative and qualitative 1H, 13C, and 15N NMR spectroscopic investigation of the urea-formaldehyde resin synthesis". . p. 138 - 162. Retrieved 2014/04/03.
• 4、 Maslosh,Zamashchikov,Bezbozhnaya. "Binding of phenols in the urea-formaldehyde-water system and the role of precondensation stage in the synthesis of polymethyleneurea". . p. 1197 - 1200. Retrieved 2007/10/03.