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azyl

azyl noun: an organic radical containing the functional group -N=N-O•, where the nitrogen atom is bonded to an oxygen atom and a carbon-centered radical.

Noun

azyl

  1. An organic radical containing the functional group -N=N-O•, where the nitrogen atom is bonded to an oxygen atom and a carbon-centered radical.
    • Widely spread classification of conjugated radicals, based on the formal structural sign of "key" atom is evidently not satisfactory enough, because the delocalization of unpaired electrons cloud different in their origin radicals, for example, aroxyls, classical nitroxyls, aromatic azyls and...2008, Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov, Progress in Chemical and Biochemical Physics, Kinetics and Thermodynamics, page 63

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Questions about azyl

What does azyl mean?
Azyl means an organic radical containing the functional group -N=N-O•, where the nitrogen atom is bonded to an oxygen atom and a carbon-centered radical.
What part of speech is azyl?
Azyl is a noun.

Words near azyl in the dictionary

  1. azygospores
  2. azygotic
  3. azygous
  4. azygous vein
  5. azygous veins
  6. azyl
  7. azylene
  8. azylenes
  9. azym
  10. azyme
  11. azymes

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