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

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RACY

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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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