piperazine

See also: pipérazine

English

Etymology

After German Piperazin, from piper(idine) + azine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪˈpɛrəziːn/, /pɪˈpɛrəziːn/

Noun

piperazine (countable and uncountable, plural piperazines)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology, uncountable) A saturated heterocyclic compound, C₄H₁₀N₂, containing two nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring; it is used as an anthelmintic.
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any derivative of this compound

Synonyms

• diazacyclohexane
• diazinane
• diethylenediamine
• hexahydropyrazine
• piperazidine

Derived terms

• aminoethylpiperazine
• dioxopiperazine
• diphenylmethylpiperazine
• epipolythiodioxopiperazine
• homopiperazine
• methylenedioxybenzylpiperazine
• naphthylpiperazine
• oxopiperazine
• phenylpiperazine
• piperazinedione
• piperonylpiperazine
• pyridinylpiperazine
• pyrimidinylpiperazine
• trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine

 

Translations

organic compound

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 哌嗪 (paai³ ceon⁴)

  Mandarin: 哌嗪 (zh) (pàiqín)

• Japanese: ピペラジン (piperajin)
• Korean: 피페라진 (piperajin)