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Category: Medicine
Posted on: October 12, 2007 9:00 AM, by Molecule of the Day
Diazolidinyl urea is a broad-spectrum biocide that is ubiquitous in cosmetics:
It does an admirable job. You'll see it EVERYWHERE once you start reading labels. It tends to be pretty benign, but a contact allergy can result, which makes it hard to find a usable suite of hygeine products for those afflicted.
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Is that four moles of sustained release EPA priority carcinogen formaldehyde I see there before me?
Posted by: Uncle Al | October 12, 2007 12:35 PM
I don't know where you scanned that structure image but I recommend downloading the ChemSKetch freeware from http://www.acdlabs.com/download/chemsk.html and redrawing your structures....this one is SOOOOOOOOOOOO bad.
Posted by: ChemSpiderMan | October 18, 2007 5:38 PM