6968. Oxymethurea

Nomenclature

CAS number: 140-95-4

N,N′-Bis(hydroxymethyl)urea; N,N′-dihydroxymethylurea; dimethanol urea; Methural.

C₃H₈N₂O₃; mol wt 120.11.

C 30.00%, H 6.71%, N 23.32%, O 39.96%.

Prepn: Einhorn, Hamburger, Ber. 41, 26 (1908); Walter, US 1863426 (1927); US 2436355 (1946 to du Pont).

Crystals from alcohol, mp 137-139°. Very sol in cold water, hot ethyl alcohol, methanol.

In the textile industry in cotton crease- and shrink-proofing, finishing, drying, sizing; in tanning; pesticides; in photographic developers.

Antiseptic.