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urethanes (urethans)
An alternative term for the compounds R2NC(=O)OR' (R'H), esters of carbamic acids, R2NC(=O)OH, in strict use limited to the ethyl esters, but widely used in the general sense, e.g. 'polyurethane resins'.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1373
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/U06578.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/U06578.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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