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Version5.0
StatusExpected but not Quantified
Creation Date2012-09-11 18:57:01 UTC
Update Date2023-02-21 17:23:55 UTC
HMDB IDHMDB0034155
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • HMDB34155
Metabolite Identification
Common NameThiourea
DescriptionThiourea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and hydrogen, with the formula CSN2H4 or (NH2)2CS. It is similar to urea, except that the oxygen atom is replaced by a sulfur atom. The properties of urea and thiourea differ significantly because of the relative electronegativities of sulfur and oxygen. Thiourea is a versatile reagent in organic synthesis. "Thioureas" refers to a broad class of compounds with the general structure (R1R2N)(R3R4N)C=S. Thioureas are related to thioamides, e.g. RC(S)NR2, where R is methyl, ethyl, etc. Thiourea is prohibited from use in food. Industrial uses of thiourea include production of flame retardant resins, and vulcanization accelerators. Thiourea is used as an auxiliary agent in diazo paper (light-sensitive photocopy paper) and almost all other types of copy paper. It is also used to tone silver-gelatin photographic prints. The liquid silver cleaning product TarnX is essentially a solution of thiourea. A leaching agent for gold leaching and silver leaching can be created by selectively oxidizing thiourea, bypassing the steps of cyanide use and smelting. Another common application for use of thiourea is a common sulfur source for making semiconductor cadmium sulfide nanoparticle. Thiourea is a planar molecule. The C=S bond distance is 1.60±0.1 for a wide range of derivatives. This narrow range indicates that the C=S bond is insensitive to the nature of the substitutent. Thus, the thioamide, which is similar to an amide group, is difficult to perturb. Thiourea reduces peroxides to the corresponding diols. The intermediate of the reaction is an unstable epidioxide which can only be identified at -100 °C. Epidioxide is similar to epoxide except with two oxygen atoms. This intermediate reduces to diol by thiourea
Structure
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Synonyms
Chemical FormulaCH4N2S
Average Molecular Weight76.121
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight76.009518828
IUPAC Namethiourea
Traditional Namethiourea
CAS Registry Number62-56-6
SMILES
NC(N)=S
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/CH4N2S/c2-1(3)4/h(H4,2,3,4)
InChI KeyUMGDCJDMYOKAJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Chemical Taxonomy
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as thioureas. These are organic compounds containing the thiourea functional group, a derivative of urea with the general structure (R1(N)R2C(=S)(R3)R4, R1-R4=H, alkyl, aryl), obtained by replacing the carbonyl group of urea with a thiocarbonyl group.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassOrganosulfur compounds
ClassThioureas
Sub ClassNot Available
Direct ParentThioureas
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Thiourea
  • Organic nitrogen compound
  • Organopnictogen compound
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organonitrogen compound
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Ontology
Physiological effectNot Available
Disposition
ProcessNot Available
Role
Physical Properties
StateSolid
Experimental Molecular Properties
PropertyValueReference
Melting Point180 °CNot Available
Boiling Point186.00 to 187.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg (est)The Good Scents Company Information System
Water Solubility142 mg/mL at 25 °CNot Available
LogP-1.08Not Available
Experimental Chromatographic PropertiesNot Available
Predicted Molecular Properties
Predicted Chromatographic Properties
Spectra
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations
  • Cytoplasm
  • Extracellular
Biospecimen LocationsNot Available
Tissue LocationsNot Available
Pathways
Normal Concentrations
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Abnormal Concentrations
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Associated Disorders and Diseases
Disease ReferencesNone
Associated OMIM IDsNone
DrugBank IDNot Available
Phenol Explorer Compound IDNot Available
FooDB IDFDB012439
KNApSAcK IDC00013578
Chemspider ID2005981
KEGG Compound IDC14415
BioCyc IDNot Available
BiGG IDNot Available
Wikipedia LinkThiourea
METLIN IDNot Available
PubChem Compound2723790
PDB IDNot Available
ChEBI ID36946
Food Biomarker OntologyNot Available
VMH IDNot Available
MarkerDB IDNot Available
Good Scents IDrw1289221
References
Synthesis ReferenceNot Available
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Not Available
General References
  1. Chen MH, Chen Z, Song BA, Bhadury PS, Yang S, Cai XJ, Hu DY, Xue W, Zeng S: Synthesis and antiviral activities of chiral thiourea derivatives containing an alpha-aminophosphonate moiety. J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Feb 25;57(4):1383-8. doi: 10.1021/jf803215t. [PubMed:19199594 ]
  2. Shankar V, Pandeya SN: Synthesis of a series of new N1-[4-(4-nitrophenylthio)phenyl]-N3-(H/alkyl/acyl/aryl) thioureas and their antifungal, insecticidal and larvicidal activities. Arzneimittelforschung. 1981;31(5):753-6. [PubMed:7196731 ]
  3. Vogelpoel FR, van Kooij RJ, te Velde ER, Verhoef J: Influence of polymorphonuclear granulocytes on the zona-free hamster oocyte assay. Hum Reprod. 1991 Sep;6(8):1104-7. [PubMed:1806570 ]
  4. (). Yannai, Shmuel. (2004) Dictionary of food compounds with CD-ROM: Additives, flavors, and ingredients. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC.. .