Urea: A Useful and Inexpensive Chemical for Organic Synthesis

Abstract

This feature focuses on a reagent chosen by a postgraduate, highlighting the uses and preparation of the reagent in current research Urea: A Useful and Inexpensive Chemical for Organic Synthesis Compiled by Ricardo Antônio Wanderley Neves Filho Ricardo Antonio Wanderley Neves Filho was born in Recife/PE, Brazil in 1984. He received his B.Sc. degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 2006. Presently, he is enrolled in the M.Sc. program in Chemistry at the same university and is doing research in synthetic organic chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Rajendra M. Srivastava at UFPE and Prof. Hugo Gallardo at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). His research is focused on the synthesis of luminescent liquid crystalline compounds containing an oxadiazole moiety. He is grateful to Gustavo Gouveia for a kind revision of this Spotlight.