Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Hydantoin or glycolylurea is a heterocyclic organic compound with the formula CH2C(O)NHC(O)NH. It is a colorless solid that arises from the reaction of glycolic acid and urea.It is an oxidized derivative of imidazolidine. In a more general sense hydantoins can refer to a groups and a class of compounds with the same ring structure as the parent. For example phenytoin (mentioned below) has two phenyl groups substituted onto the number 5 carbon in a hydantoin molecule.
