3117. N,N′-Diethylcarbanilide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 85-98-3
N,N′-Diethyl-N,N′-diphenylurea; sym-diethyldiphenylurea; centralite I; ethyl centralite.
C17H20N2O; mol wt 268.35.
C 76.09%, H 7.51%, N 10.44%, O 5.96%.

Description and references

Prepn from ethylaniline and phosgene: Michler, Ber. 9, 712 (1876). Alternate synthesis: N. R. Ayyangar et al., Chem. Ind. (London) 1988, 599.

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from alc, mp 79°. Insol in water.

Use

As stabilizer of smokeless explosives.