please give me a reation equation or molecule equation
2007-06-07 14:31:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Citric acid is HOOCCH2C(OH)(COOH)CH2COOH
(the (OH) and (COOH) are coming off the middle carbon)
Urea is H2NC(O)NH2
If it reacts, it would be by formation of the following linkages
-C(O)OH + H2NC(O)- > -C(O)ON(H)C(O)- +H2O
Note: the (O) is a carbonyl oxygen; the N(H) is an amine
I'm only showing part of each molecule to keep it simple
Sorry, this program is not very good for molecular structure drawing.
Because citric acid has 3 COOH groups and urea has 2 H2N- groups [if it reacts] it probably forms a complex mixture of products, and may even convert into a polymeric material if the reaction driven to completion.
They might have covered this in class or it might be in the textbook. I hope this is some help.
2007-06-07 18:41:14 · answer #1 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urea Reaction With Acid
2017-01-16 11:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably does not. Urea is very unreactive, after all, that is why you pee it out, there is no more chemical reactivity left in it.
2007-06-07 15:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by Joe T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋