dicyclohexylurea

noun

A urea that has a cyclohexyl group attached to each nitrogen, with molecular formula C₁₃H₂₄N₂O.

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Meanings

noundicyclohexylurea (plural dicyclohexylureas)

plural dicyclohexylureas

  1. chemistryA urea that has a cyclohexyl group attached to each nitrogen, with molecular formula C₁₃H₂₄N₂O.

    The dicyclohexylurea by-product was filtered off.

    2015 September 24, “18 F-FP-PEG 2 -β-Glu-RGD 2 : A Symmetric Integrin α v β 3 -Targeting Radiotracer for Tumor PET Imaging”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From di- + cyclohexyl + urea.

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