“…DMI, known earlier as N,N'-dimethylethyleneurea, being a molecular cyclic analogue of 1,1,3,3-tetramethylurea (TMU) in the individual liquid state is a versatile dipolar aprotic solvent whose physicochemical and thermodynamic properties are rather well studied [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Herewith, having hydrophobic ÀCH 3 and ÀCH 2 ÀCH 2 À groups (attached to two various N atoms) in the molecular five-membered ring and acting only as a H-bond acceptor via a hydrophilic C@O group, DMI can be regarded as a simplified model cyclic compound for studying the complex interaction with the aqueous surroundings [14,26].…”