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amidine

amidine noun: any of several classes of organic compound, formally derived from oxoacids by replacement of the hydroxy group with an amino group, and the oxo group with =NR.

Noun

amidine (plural amidines)

  1. Any of several classes of organic compound, formally derived from oxoacids by replacement of the hydroxy group with an amino group, and the oxo group with =NR.
    • i.e. RₙX(=O)OH => RₙX(=NR)NR₂ where X is C, S, P, etc.

Forms of amidine

pluralamidines

Words formed from amidine

Questions about amidine

What does amidine mean?
Amidine means any of several classes of organic compound, formally derived from oxoacids by replacement of the hydroxy group with an amino group, and the oxo group with =NR.
What part of speech is amidine?
Amidine is a noun.
What is the plural of amidine?
The plural of amidine is amidines.

Words near amidine in the dictionary

  1. amidic
  2. amidicities
  3. amidicity
  4. amidification
  5. amidin
  6. amidine
  7. amidines
  8. amidinium
  9. amidiniumation
  10. amidiniumations
  11. amidiniums

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