Definition of "azobenzene" []

• An aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes. (noun)

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• "In alkaline solution azobenzene results, while arsenic acid produces the violet-colouring matter violaniline."
• "Potassium permanganate in neutral solution oxidizes it to nitrobenzene, in alkaline solution to azobenzene, ammonia and oxalic acid, in acid solution to aniline black."
• "On distillation, it yields aniline and azobenzene."