hydrazobenzene

noun

hy·​draz·​o·​benzene

hī¦drazō,

¦hīdrəzō+

: a crystalline compound C₆H₅NHNHC₆H₅ obtained by alkaline reduction of nitrobenzene or azobenzene and capable of being converted into aniline by reduction, into azobenzene by oxidation, and into benzidine by rearrangement in the presence of hydrochloric acid

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hydraz- + benzene

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