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The effects of structural changes on the formation of urea adducts of esters

Abstract

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<p>An unexpected discovery in 1940 revealed that urea has the peculiar property to form crystalline adducts with many straight chain organic compounds. Since the discovery, considerable time and money have been spent on the elucidation of this phenomenon, and the field of urea adducts has now advanced to the stage at which many empirical rules have been observed but, unfortunately, no sound theory has been formulated.</p><p>The purpose of this research was to determine the effect, if any, of changes in structure upon the amount of urea required to adduct with esters. The change in structure consisted of changing the position of the carbonyl group in a series of straight chain twenty-carbon esters.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science (M.S.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemistry
Year dc:date.available
1956

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Smith, Gerard Vinton
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Emerson G. Cobb

Subjects

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Rights

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/348
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1347

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2026-07-24
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citation

Smith, Gerard Vinton. The effects of structural changes on the formation of urea adducts of esters. Thesis thesis, 1956. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/348