Oxymethurea is a member of ureas.
Definition
Oxymethurea is a member of ureas.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII N68H97CAWG · registered name OXYMETHUREA · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
DIMETHYLOL UREAINCI다이메틸올우레아Korean label name (MFDS standard)Urea, N,N'-bis(hydroxymethyl)-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 140-95-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 205-444-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID6025141
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID305141
- IUPAC
- N,N'-Bis(hydroxymethyl)urea
- Molecular formula
- C3H8N2O3
- Molecular weight
- 120.108 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid
- Melting/freezing point
- 126 ℃
- Relative density
- 1.49 ()
- Decomposition temperature
- 260 ℃
- Molecular weight
- 120.13
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 4 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Intermediate2
- Biocide2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese