Definition of Azide

1. Noun. A chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical.

Specialized synonyms: Hydrazoite
Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound

Definition of Azide

1. Noun. (chemistry) the univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) the N3- anion or any salt containing this anion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Azide

1. a type of chemical compound [n -S] : AZIDO [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azide

azepane
azepanes
azepine
azepines
azepinone
azepinones
azetane
azete
azetidine
azetidinecarboxylic acid
azetidines
azetine
azhdarchid
azhdarchids
azhdarchoid
azide (current term)
azides
azido
azido-
azido group
azido radical
azidoacetyl
azidoglycoside
azidoglycosides
azidohomoalanine
azidos
azidosugar
azidosugars
azidothymidine
azidothymidines

Literary usage of Azide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The effect of azide and cyanide on the microbicidal activity of leukocytes from patients with chronic granulomatous disease was comparable to the effect on ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"(5) Picryl azide reacts with strained olefins to form either aziridines or Schiff ... /7-Nitrophenyl azide and phenyl azide react slowly with refluxing ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In this method a known excess of sodium azide is added to the acid solution of ... Iodine azide N3I is obtained as an unstable nearly colourless solid when ..."

4. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1908)
"COOH from benzoyl-alanine azide, which was prepared from benzoyl-alanine, as obtained by Fischer's method, and alanine. Benzoyl-alanine azide was also ..."

5. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"... -alanin-azide + aniline form the urea derivative ... -aspartic-acid-azide is formed a compound which is half anilid and half ..."

6. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1913)
"COOH from benzoyl-alanine azide, which was prepared from benzoyl alanine, as obtained by Fischer's method, and alanine. Benzoyl alanine azide was also ..."

7. Chemistry of the Proteids by Gustav Mann (1906)
"... -alanin-azide + aniline form the urea derivative ... -aspartic-acid-azide is formed a compound which is half anilid and half ..."

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