aziridine

English

3D structure of aziridine

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈzɪɹɪdiːn/

Noun

aziridine (plural aziridines)

1. (organic chemistry) A three-membered heterocycle containing two methylene groups and an imine; the nitrogen equivalent of ethylene oxide.
2. (by extension) Any derivative of this basic structure.

Synonyms

• ethyleneimine
• azacyclopropane

Derived terms

• aziridination
• aziridinium
• aziridinol
• bisaziridine
• oxaziridine

 

Related terms

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

Translations

three-membered heterocycle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氮丙啶 (dànbǐngdìng), 環乙亞胺 / 环乙亚胺 (huányǐyà'àn), 氮雜環丙烷 / 氮杂环丙烷 (dànzáhuánbǐngwán), 吖丙啶 (zh) (ābǐngdìng), 環乙胺 / 环乙胺 (huányǐ'àn), 乙烯亞胺 / 乙烯亚胺 (yǐxīyà'àn), 乙撐亞胺 / 乙撑亚胺 (yǐchēngyà'àn)

• Finnish: etyleeni-imiini
• French: aziridine f
• German: Ethylenimin n
• Japanese: アジリジン (ajirijin)
• Kazakh: азиридин (aziridin)
• Korean: 에틸렌이민 (etillenimin)
• Persian: آزیریدین
• Portuguese: aziridina
• Ukrainian: азиридин f (azyrydyn)

Anagrams

• diazirine

Italian

Noun

aziridine f

1. plural of aziridina

Anagrams

• indiziare, indizierà