Chemical Properties
solid
Production Methods
N,N'-Diphenylurea, carbanilide, can
be produced in high yields by heating 2 mol of
aniline with 1 mol of urea in glacial acetic acid.
Definition
ChEBI: A member of the class of ureas that is urea in which one of the hydrogens of both amino groups is replaced by a phenyl group. It is present in coconut milk (Cocos nucifera).
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 29, p. 3075, 1981
Chemistry Letters, 14, p. 603, 1985
Tetrahedron Letters, 15, p. 1191, 1974
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)82442-4
General Description
1,3-Diphenylurea is a cytokinin compound present in fruit and vegetables.
Biochem/physiol Actions
1,3-Diphenylurea is metabolized by a moderate halophilic Marinobacter sp. isolated from a contaminated ephemeral desert stream bed in Negev desert.