Salts or
esters of carbamic acid,
H2NC(=O)OH
, or of
N-substituted carbamic acids
R2NC(=O)OR'
, (
R' = hydrocarbyl or a
cation). The
esters are often called
urethanes or urethans, a usage that is strictly correct only for the ethyl
esters.
Source: PAC, 1995,
67, 1307. (
Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1323 [
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