carbamate

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Introduction

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 urethane or urethan, a usage that is strictly correct only for the ethyl esters.

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