guanidine
/gwan-i-deen, -din, gwah-ni-/US // ˈgwæn ɪˌdin, -dɪn, ˈgwɑ nɪ- //UK // (ˈɡwɑːnɪˌdiːn, -dɪn, ˈɡwænɪ-) //
胍,胍类,胍的作用,鸟苷
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chemistry.
- : a colorless, crystalline, strongly alkaline, water-soluble solid, CH5N3, used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics, resins, rubber accelerators, and explosives.
Examples
When heated with ammonia it yields guanidine, and on boiling with alcoholic potash it yields potassium carbonate.
Hence guanidine from its structural formula is a carbodiamidimide.
The principle of the method is based upon the fact that guanidine is precipitated by mercurous oxide.
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