Abstract: A compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is O or S; wherein n=1 or 0; wherein R is C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 alkyl or aralkyl, branched or unbranched, aryl or haloaryl, or C.sub.3 -C.sub.22 alkenyl, branched or unbranched; wherein R.sub.1 is OCH.sub.3, and wherein R.sub.2 is OH. These urea derivatives have analgesic and anti-irritant activity when administered to humans and lower animals.

Abstract: A process for producing tolylthiourea having high purity comprises reacting toluidine with a thiocyanate and a mineral acid in the presence of an organic solvent and water.

Abstract: Methods for the preparation of substituted meta-phenylalkoxynitrobenzenes and their use as starting materials for the synthesis of herbicidal meta-phenylalkoxyphenylurea.

Abstract: Certain phenyl amines have been prepared wherein the "methyl" carbon is substituted with a polyfluoroalkyl radical. The compounds form acid addition salts, exist in resolvable stereoisomeric forms, and are useful for treating hypertension. Formulations for human and veterinary medicine are described, as well as methods of use.

Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of monoaryl thiourea compounds, in which a salt of an arylamine is reacted with ammonium rhodanide or an alkali metal rhodanide in an aqueous medium; the improvement consists in that the reaction is carried out in a reaction mixture which at the start contains a higher amount by weight of the salt of the arylamine than of water and contains 1 to 1.25 times the equivalent amount of the rhodanide calculated on the arylamine, and which does not contain any excess acid, and that the reaction is carried out at a temperature which is below the boiling point of the reaction mixture by at least 5.degree. C. It is advantageous, but not compulsory, to effect the reaction while using from 5 to 10 mol % of hydrogeno-sulfite ions, in order to remove sulfur-containing by-products which are formed as a consequence of the acid spontaneous decomposition of the rhodanide in an inevitable side reaction.