What is "ethyl carbamate"

n. (context organic compound English) A white crystalline substance (NH₂-COOC₂H₅), structurally it is an ester of carbamic acid.

Ethyl carbamate (also called urethane) is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CHNO first prepared in the nineteenth century. Structurally, it is an ester of carbamic acid. Despite its common name, it is not a component of polyurethanes.