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diphenylguanidine

diphenylguanidine noun: an odorless, whitish, crystalline powder, C₁₃H₁₃N₃, commonly used in the vulcanization of rubbers.

Noun

diphenylguanidine (uncountable)

  1. An odorless, whitish, crystalline powder, C₁₃H₁₃N₃, commonly used in the vulcanization of rubbers.
    • Slightly more than this quantity of diphenylguanidine was required, and about ten times as much triethylamine.1947, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, page 245
    • The ring hydroxylation of diphenylguanidine occurred to give the metabolite (2) while introduction of fluorine substituents blocked this hydroxylation […]1996, D. R. Hawkins, Biotransformations, page 1

Origin of diphenylguanidine

From diphenyl + guanidine.

Questions about diphenylguanidine

What does diphenylguanidine mean?
Diphenylguanidine means an odorless, whitish, crystalline powder, C₁₃H₁₃N₃, commonly used in the vulcanization of rubbers.
What part of speech is diphenylguanidine?
Diphenylguanidine is a noun.

Words near diphenylguanidine in the dictionary

  1. diphenyleneiodoniums
  2. diphenylenimine
  3. diphenylethylene
  4. diphenylethylenes
  5. diphenylethyne
  6. diphenylguanidine
  7. diphenylheptanoid
  8. diphenylheptanoids
  9. diphenylhexatriene
  10. diphenylhexatrienes
  11. diphenylhydantoin

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