The molecular structures for N-phenyl-N'-acetylurea, N-phenyl-N'-capro
nylthiourea, and N - phenyl - N' - benzoyl thiourea have been characte
rized by X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy. The relative position
s of atoms in the parent molecular fragment, common to all three analy
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