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amidogen |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amidogen \A*mid"o*gen\, n. [Amide + -gen.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {NH2}, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the {amido group}, and in composition represented by the form amido. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hydrazine \Hy"dra*zine\, n. [Hydr- + azo- + -ine.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, {H2N.NH2}, which is a doubled amido group recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also {diamide}, {amidogen}, (or more properly {diamidogen}), etc
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