Urea, methyl-

• Formula: C₂H₆N₂O
• Molecular weight: 74.0818
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6N2O/c1-4-2(3)5/h1H3,(H3,3,4,5) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XGEGHDBEHXKFPX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 598-50-5
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• Other names: Methylurea; Monomethylurea; N-Methylurea; 1-Methylurea; CH3NHCONH2; Methylmocovina
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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

Phase change data

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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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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

IR Spectrum

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Condensed Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Kozyro, Kabo, et al., 1993
Kozyro, A.A.; Kabo, G.J.; Krasulin, A.P.; Sevruk, V.M.; Simirsky, V.V.; Sheiman, M.S.; Frenkel, M.L., Thermodynamic properties of methylurea, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1993, 25, 1409-1417. [all data]

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]

Simirskii, Kabo, et al., 1986
Simirskii, V.V.; Kabo, G.Ya.; Frenkel, M.L., Enthalpies of combustion and of formation of monoalkyl derivatives of urea, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1986, 60, 1233-1234. [all data]

DellaGatta and Ferro, 1987
DellaGatta, G.; Ferro, D., Enthalpies of fusion and solid-to-solid transition, entropies of fusion for urea and twelve alkylurea, Thermochim. Acta, 1987, 122, 143-52. [all data]

Zordan, Hurkot, et al., 1972
Zordan, T.A.; Hurkot, D.G.; Peterson, M.; Hepler, L.G., Enthalpies and entropies of melting from differential scanning calorimetry and freezing point depressions: urea, methylurea, 1, 1-dimethylurea, 1, 3- dimethylurea, tetramethylurea, and thiourea, Thermochim. Acta, 1972, 5, 21. [all data]

Ferloni and DellaGatta, 1995
Ferloni, P.; DellaGatta, G., Heat capacities of urea, N-methylurea, N-ethylurea, N-(n)propylurea, and N- (n)butylurea in the range 200 to 360 K, Thermochim. Acta, 1995, 266, 203-12. [all data]

Kabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990, 2
Kabo, G.Ya.; Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Frenkel, M.L.; Kozyro, A.A.; Simirsky, V.V.; Krasulin, A.P.; Vorob'eva, V.P.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of Alkyl Derivatives of Urea, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Khim., 1990, No. 4, 750-5. [all data]

Emel'yanenko, Kabo, et al., 2006
Emel'yanenko, Vladimir N.; Kabo, Gennady J.; Verevkin, Sergey P., Measurement and Prediction of Thermochemical Properties: Improved Increments for the Estimation of Enthalpies of Sublimation and Standard Enthalpies of Formation of Alkyl Derivatives of Urea, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 1, 79-87, https://doi.org/10.1021/je050230z . [all data]

Zaitsau, Kabo, et al., 2003
Zaitsau, Dz; Kabo, G.J.; Kozyro, A.A.; Sevruk, V.M., The effect of the failure of isotropy of a gas in an effusion cell on the vapor pressure and enthalpy of sublimation for alkyl derivatives of carbamide, Thermochimica Acta, 2003, 406, 1-2, 17-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(03)00231-4 . [all data]

Piacente, Ferro, et al., 1990
Piacente, V.; Ferro, D.; Gatta, G. Della, Sublimation enthalpy of eleven alkyl derivatives of urea, Thermochimica Acta, 1990, 158, 1, 79-85, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(90)80054-3 . [all data]

Ferro, Barone, et al., 1987
Ferro, D.; Barone, G.; Della Gatta, G.; Piacente, V., Vapour pressures and sublimation enthalpies of urea and some of its derivatives, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1987, 19, 9, 915-923, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(87)90038-3 . [all data]

Della Gatta and Ferro, 1987
Della Gatta, G.; Ferro, D., Enthalpies of fusion and solid-to-solid transition, entropies of fusion for urea and twelve alkylureas, Thermochim. Acta, 1987, 122, 143-152. [all data]

Hashimoto, Tajima, et al., 2005
Hashimoto, Masao; Tajima, Fukue; Eda, Kazuo; Yamamura, Kimiaki; Okazaki, Tadashi, Exploration of plastic-like phases in alkylurea systems. A thermal and X-ray study, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2005, 734, 1-3, 23-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2004.08.008 . [all data]

Ferloni and Gatta, 1995
Ferloni, Paolo; Gatta, Giuseppe Della, Heat capacities of urea, N-methylurea, N-ethylurea, N-(n)propylurea, and N-(n)butylurea in the range 200 to 360 K, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 266, 203-212, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)02453-0 . [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
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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