imidazole

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ĭ'mĭ-dăʹzōl', IPA^(key): /ˌɪ.mɪˈdæˌzoʊl/
• (US) enPR: ĭ'mə-dăʹzōl', IPA^(key): /ˌɪ.məˈdæˌzoʊl/
• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧da‧zole

Noun

imidazole (plural imidazoles)

The skeletal structure of imidazole

1. (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic organic compound containing two nitrogen atoms separated by a carbon atom in a five-membered ring, called 1,3-diazole in IUPAC nomenclature.
2. (organic chemistry) A group of compounds containing that structure.

Hypernyms

• diazole

Coordinate terms

• pyrazole

Related terms

• imidazolic
• imidazoheterocycle
• naphthoimidazole

Translations

organic compound

• Catalan: imidazole m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咪唑 (mai⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 咪唑 (zh) (mǐzuò)

• Italian: imidazolo (it) m
• Japanese: イミダゾール (imidazōru)
• Korean: 이미다졸 (imidajol)
• Spanish: imidazol m