aziridine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A three-membered heterocycle containing two methylene groups and an imine; the nitrogen equivalent of ethylene oxide.
Any derivative of this basic structure.

/əˈzɪɹɪdiːn/

aziridine aziridines

From aza- + -iridine. Aza denotes a monocycle with a single nitrogen atom, and -iridine is used to mark a three-membered monocycle.

ethyleneimine azacyclopropane

azetidine an analogous four-membered heterocycle azolidine an analogous five-membered heterocycle

aziridination aziridinium aziridinol bisaziridine oxaziridine

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