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Nitrosourea is both the name of a molecule, and a class of compounds that include a nitroso (R-NO) group and a urea.

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Vinony's link graph records 285 inbound references to nitrosourea, and connects out to α-streptozocin, tiazofurin and deoxyribonucleic acid.

It is catalogued under topics including Chembox image size set, Chemical articles with multiple compound IDs and Multiple chemicals in an infobox that need indexing.

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Chemical data

Formula
CH3N3O2
Molecular weight
89.05 g/mol
IUPAC name
nitrosourea
SMILES
C(=O)(N)NN=O
InChIKey
OSTGTTZJOCZWJG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-0.8
Polar surface area
84.6 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Has part
carbon
Mass
89.023
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canonical SMILES
C(=O)(N)NN=O
chemical formula
CH₃N₃O₂
Commons category
Nitrosourea
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Encyclopedic overview

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Nitrosourea is both the name of a molecule, and a class of compounds that include a nitroso (R-NO) group and a urea.

==Examples== Examples include: Arabinopyranosyl-N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (Aranose) Carmustine (BCNU, BiCNU) Chlorozotocin Ethylnitrosourea (ENU) Fotemustine Lomustine (CCNU) Nimustine N-Nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU) Ranimustine (MCNU) Semustine Streptozocin (Streptozotocin)

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