amidine

English

Noun

amidine (plural amidines)

1. (chemistry) 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 R_nX(=O)OH => R_nX(=NR)NR₂ where X is C, S, P etc

Translations

an organic compound derived from oxoacids

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 脒 (mai⁵)

  Mandarin: 脒 (zh) (mǐ)

• Japanese: アミジン (amijin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 아미딘 (amidin)
• Portuguese: amidina f
• Spanish: amidina

Derived terms

• benzamidine
• carboxamidine
• sulfinamidine

Anagrams

• diamine