1,3-Dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone
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| Preferred IUPAC name 1,3-Dimethylimidazolidin-2-one | |||
| Other names Dimethylethyleneurea N,N′-Dimethylimidazolidinone | |||
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| Abbreviations | DMI | ||
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.001.187 | ||
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| Properties | |||
| C5H10N2O | |||
| Molar mass | 114.1457 | ||
| Appearance | colorless liquid | ||
| Melting point | 8.2 °C (46.8 °F; 281.3 K) | ||
| Boiling point | 225 °C (437 °F; 498 K) | ||
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| Flash point | 120 °C (248 °F; 393 K) | ||
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references | |||
1,3-Dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone (DMI) is a cyclic urea used as a high-boiling polar aprotic solvent. This colourless, highly polar solvent has high thermal and chemical stability. Together with homologous solvent DMPU, since the 1970s it serves as an analog of tetramethylurea. It can be prepared from 1,2-dimethylethylenediamine by reaction with phosgene.