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amidines

amidines is the plural of amidine.

Meaning of amidine

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.

Questions about amidines

What is amidines the plural of?
Amidines is the plural of amidine.

Words near amidines in the dictionary

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

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