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Definition of "diazonium" [diazonium]

  • Any of various compounds, especially an aromatic hydrocarbon, containing the cation N2 attached to an organic group. (noun)

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Use "diazonium" in a sentence
  • "In addition to these alkali ions and other metal ions, it has been possible to produce host molecules that bind organic positive ions (cations such as diazonium and alkylammonium ions), as well as other host molecules which can bind small neutral molecules or negative ions"
  • "C_6H_5·N_2·C_6H_3 (NH_2) _2, first prepared by O. Witt (_Ber. _, 1877, 10, p. 656), is obtained by coupling phenyl diazonium chloride with meta-phenylene diamine."
  • "Th. Zincke found that the products obtained by coupling a diazonium salt with [alpha] - naphthol, and by condensing phenyl-hydrazine with"
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