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selenourea
Sign in to saveSelenourea is the organoselenium compound with the chemical formula . It is a white solid. This compound features a rare example of a stable, unhindered carbon-selenium double bond. The compound is used in the synthesis of selenium heterocycles. Selenourea is a selenium analog of urea . Few studies have been done on the compound due to the instability and toxicity of selenium compounds. Selenourea is toxic if inhaled or consumed.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CH3N2Se
- Molecular weight
- 122.02 g/mol
- SMILES
- C(=N)(N)[Se]
- InChIKey
- ZUCFIOXGLBMWHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 49.9 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 123.953969428
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- chemical formula
- CH₄N₂Se
- Commons category
- Selenourea
- canonical SMILES
- C(=N)(N)[SeH]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
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- Reactivity
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Selenourea is the organoselenium compound with the chemical formula . It is a white solid. This compound features a rare example of a stable, unhindered carbon-selenium double bond. The compound is used in the synthesis of selenium heterocycles. Selenourea is a selenium analog of urea . Few studies have been done on the compound due to the instability and toxicity of selenium compounds. Selenourea is toxic if inhaled or consumed.
==Synthesis== The compound was first synthesized in 1884 by Auguste Verneuil by the reaction of hydrogen selenide and cyanamide:
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