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hydrazo group

hydrazo group

9.9
A chemical group with two bonds made of two nitrogen atoms and two hydrogen atoms found in some molecules
  • noun
  • /haɪˈdreɪzoʊ ɡruːp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : grupo hidrazo
  • The hydrazo group is an important functional group in organic chemistry.

Examples

  • The hydrazo group acts as a bridging unit in several organic compounds.

  • Researchers studied reactions involving the hydrazo group to better understand its chemical behavior.

  • Compounds containing the hydrazo group often show interesting redox properties.

  • Many compounds contain a hydrazo group in their structure.

  • Compounds containing the hydrazo group often show interesting redox properties.

  • The hydrazo group acts as a bridging unit in several organic compounds.

  • Researchers studied reactions involving the hydrazo group to better understand its chemical behavior.

Synonyms

hydrazo radical
vshydrazo group
  • Specialized
9.9

A small chemical group made of two nitrogen atoms and hydrogen that can attach to a molecule at two places

is identical in meaning but uses a different technical term

Surface Forms

hydrazo group singular
hydrazo groups plural

Morphology

hydrazo + group

The element 'hydrazo' is a specialized, technical bound morpheme not recoverable from general English knowledge (and is marked '[Word not found in dictionary]'), while 'group' is generic; the specific sense 'the bivalent –HNNH– functional group' is domain-specific chemical nomenclature. A B1 learner who knows the common word 'group' but not the chemical root or hydrazine chemistry would not be able to derive this meaning from the constituents, so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Hydrazo group comes from the name 'hydrazine' and pictures a small piece of that molecule: the two nitrogen atoms with hydrogens written as -HNNH-. So the term means the little unit taken from 'hydrazine' that can link into larger molecules.