Diphenylurea

1,3-Diphenylurea

Names
IUPAC name 1,3-diphenylurea
Other names DPU, N,N’- diphenylurea
Identifiers
CAS Number	102-07-8
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	7314
PubChem CID	7595
InChI InChI=1S/C13H12N2O/c16-13(14-11-7-3-1-4-8-11)15-12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H,(H2,14,15,16) Key: GWEHVDNNLFDJLR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES c1ccc(cc1)N/C(=N\c2ccccc2)/O
Properties
Chemical formula	C13H12N2O
Molar mass	212.25 g·mol−1
Magnetic susceptibility (χ)	-127.5·10−6 cm3/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

1,3-Diphenylurea is a phenylurea-type cytokinin, a type of plant hormone that induces flower development.

Folke Skoog discovered the effects of cytokinins using coconut milk in the 1940s at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 1,3-Diphenylurea is a compound that has been thereafter identified in coconut milk.

The cytokinin effect of DPU is considered low as compared to that of adenine derivatives such as zeatin. Nevertheless, there have been subsequent discoveries of other more potent phenylurea-type cytokinins.