AMIDINE

Noun

amidine (plural amidines)

(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 RnX(=O)OH => RnX(=NR)NR2 where X is C, S, P etc

Anagrams

• diamine

Source: Wiktionary



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