malonylurea

Thân thiện

A chemist carefully measures malonylurea in a laboratory.

Definition

Noun: - A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine: A specific chemical compound with a crystalline structure and acidic properties, synthesized from a pyrimidine base. - Used in preparing barbiturate drugs: It serves as a key chemical precursor or intermediate in the manufacturing process of barbiturate pharmaceuticals.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The laboratory synthesized malonylurea for the new research project.
  • Barbital, an early sedative, was historically prepared from malonylurea.

Advanced Usage

• Chemical Synthesis: In advanced chemistry, "malonylurea" refers specifically to the compound barbituric acid, which is the parent structure of all barbiturate drugs.
  • The reaction condenses malonylurea with an appropriate aldehyde to form the barbiturate core.

Variants and Related Words

• Barbituric Acid (n): The systematic chemical name for malonylurea.
  • Barbituric acid itself has no hypnotic activity.

Synonyms

• Barbituric Acid: The direct synonymous chemical name.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs

Từ đồng nghĩa

• barbituric acid