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Title:	Substituted ureas
Author:	Parks, Roy Earl
View Online:	njit-etd1953-011 (III, 22 pages ~ 0.9 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Kreps, Saul I. (Committee chair)
Date:	1953-05
Keywords:	Urea
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Nitrosomethylurea in aqueous medium decomposes on heating to methanol, nitrogen and cyanic or isocyanic acid. Primary amines present during the decomposition react with cyanic acid to form substituted ureas, readily isolated in high purity and good yield.