Urea

• Formula: CH₄N₂O
• Molecular weight: 60.0553
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH4N2O/c2-1(3)4/h(H4,2,3,4) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XSQUKJJJFZCRTK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 57-13-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Carbamide; Carbamimidic acid; Carbonyldiamide; Isourea; Pseudourea; Urea-13C; Ureaphil; Ureophil; Urevert; UR; (NH2)2CO; Carbonyl Diamine; Alphadrate; Aquacare; Aquadrate; B-I-K; Calmurid; Carbaderm; Keratinamin; NCI-C02119; Pastaron; Prespersion, 75 urea; Ultra Mide; Urepearl; Mocovina; Supercel 3000; Varioform II; Benural 70; Harnstoff; Basodexan; Bubber shet; Elaqua xx; Hyanit; Nutraplus; Onychomal; NSC 34375; Uroderm; Panafil (Salt/Mix); Cerovel (Salt/Mix); component of Artra Ashy Skin Cream (Salt/Mix)
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Proton affinity at 298K

Gas basicity at 298K

Protonation entropy at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

CH₃N₂O^- +  =

By formula: CH₃N₂O^- + H⁺ = CH₄N₂O

References

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Kabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990
Kabo, G.Ya.; Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Frenkel, M.L.; Kozyro, A.A.; Simirskii, V.V.; Krasulin, A.P.; Vorob'eva, V.P.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of urea alkyl derivatives, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1990, 662-667. [all data]

Simirsky, Kabo, et al., 1987
Simirsky, V.V.; Kabo, G.J.; Frenkel, M.L., Additivity of the enthalpies of formation of urea derivatives in the crystalline state, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 1121-1127. [all data]

Contineanu, Wagner, et al., 1982
Contineanu, I.; Wagner, L.; Stanescu, L.; Marchidan, D.I., Combustion and formation enthalpies of o-phenylenediamine, urea and 2-benzimidazolone, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1982, 27, 205-209. [all data]

Johnson, 1975
Johnson, W.H., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of acetanilide and urea, J. Res. NBS, 1975, 79, 487-491. [all data]

Huffman, 1940
Huffman, H.M., Thermal Data. XII. The heats of combustion of urea and guanidine carbonate and their standard free energies of formation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 1009-1011. [all data]

Schmidt and Becker, 1933
Schmidt, V.A.; Becker, F., Die Bildungswarme von Nitrocellulofen, Nitroglycerin und anderen widuigen Beltandteilen von Treibmitteln, Z. Gesamte Schiess Sprengstoffwes., 1933, 33, 280-282. [all data]

Andersson, Matsuo, et al., 1993
Andersson, O.; Matsuo, T.; Suga, H.; Ferloni, P., Low-temperature heat capacity of urea, Int. J. Thermophys., 1993, 14(1), 149-158. [all data]

Kozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986
Kozyro, A.A.; Dalidovich, S.V.; Krasulin, A.P., Heat capacity, enthalpy of fusion, and thermodynamic properties of urea, Zhur. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1986, 59, 1456-1459. [all data]

Parks, Huffman, et al., 1933
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M.; Barmore, M., Thermal data on organic compounds. XI. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of ten compounds containing oxygen or nitrogen. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 2733-2740. [all data]

Gibson, Latimer, et al., 1920
Gibson, G.E.; Latimer, W.M.; Parks, G.S., Entropy changes at low temperatures. I. Formic acid and urea. A test of the third law of thermodynamics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1920, 42, 1533-1542. [all data]

Gambino and Bros, 1988
Gambino, M.; Bros, J.P., Capacite calorifique de l'uree et de quelques melanges eutectiques a base d'uree entre 30 et 140°C, Thermochim. Acta, 1988, 127, 223-236. [all data]

Sasaki and Yokotake, 1966
Sasaki, K.; Yokotake, T., Thermodynamic properties of the products in SO₃-NH₃ reaction. II. Specific heats of sulfamide and ammonium sulfamate, Tokyo Kogyo Shikenshi Hokohu, 1966, 61, 309-314. [all data]

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Ruehrwein, R.A.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data. XIX. The heat capacity, entropy and free energy of urea, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1759-1761. [all data]

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Wang, F.; Ma, S.G.; Zhang, D.X.; Cooks, R.G., Proton affinity and gas-phase basicity of urea, J. Phys. Chem. A., 1998, 102, 2988. [all data]

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Dougherty, Wittel, et al., 1976
Dougherty, D.; Wittel, K.; Meeks, J.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls. Ureas, uracils, and thymine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 3815. [all data]

Mines and Thompson, 1975
Mines, G.W.; Thompson, H.W., The photoelectron spectra of amides, thioamides, ureas and thioureas, Spectrochim. Acta, 1975, 31, 137. [all data]

Meeks, Arnett, et al., 1975
Meeks, J.L.; Arnett, J.F.; Larson, D.B.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls. Urea, oxamide, oxalic acid and oxamic acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 3905. [all data]

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Loudon, A.G.; Webb, K.S., The nature of the [C₂H₆N]⁺ and [CH₄N]⁺ ions formed by electron impact on methylated formamides, acetamides, ureas, thioureas and hexamethylphosphoramide, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1977, 12, 283. [all data]

Ma, Wang, et al., 1998
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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