Urea, N,N'-dimethyl-

• Formula: C₃H₈N₂O
• Molecular weight: 88.1084
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8N2O/c1-4-3(6)5-2/h1-2H3,(H2,4,5,6) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MGJKQDOBUOMPEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 96-31-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • dimethylurea
• Other names: Urea, 1,3-dimethyl-; sym-Dimethylurea; N,N'-Dimethylurea; Symmetric dimethylurea; 1,3-Dimethylurea; (CH3NH)2CO; 1,1'-Dimethylurea; DMU; N,N'-Dimethylharnstoff; NSC 14910
• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
  • Notes
• Other data available:
  • Phase change data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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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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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

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]

Davies, Finch, et al., 1991
Davies, R.H.; Finch, A.; Hill, J.O., The thermochemistry of 1,3-dimethylurea and 1,3-dimethylurea nitrate, Thermochim. Acta, 1991, 184, 243-250. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Baldwin, Kirkien-Konasiewicz, et al., 1966
Baldwin, M.; Kirkien-Konasiewicz, A.; Loudon, A.G.; Maccoll, A.; Smith, D., Localised or delocalised charges in molecule-ions?, Chem. Commun., 1966, 574. [all data]

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]

Loudon and Webb, 1977
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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  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

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