Definition of Azo group

1. Noun. The bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups.

Exact synonyms: Azo Radical
Generic synonyms: Chemical Group, Group, Radical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azo Group

azirino
azithromycins
azitromycin
azitromycins
azlactone
azlactones
azlocillin
azlocillin sodium
azlon
azlons
azo
azo-
azo compound
azo dye
azo group (current term)
azo itch
azo radical
azoalkane
azoalkanes
azobenzene
azobenzenes
azobilirubin
azobisformamide
azobisformamides
azobisisobutyronitrile
azocane
azocanes
azocarmine
azocarmine dyes

Literary usage of Azo group

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

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"As will have been gathered from the preceding paragraph, the azo- group never enters the meta- position with respect to an amino- or hydroxy- group. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"As will lave been gathered from the preceding para- ;raph, the azo- group never enters tho meta- position with respect to an amino- or hydroxy- ..."

3. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"As the one azo group, both in the phenol and in the two cresol derivatives, occupies the para position with regard to the ..."

4. Physiological histology, methods and theory by Gustav Mann (1902)
"The chromophore radical is the azo group —N = N— with basic characters. It forms in every case the link between benzene rings or benzene and naphthalene ..."

5. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1901)
"Michaelis first assumes that the double azo group lends the fat-coloring property ... However, he finds that a stain with a simpler azo group (benzol-azo fi ..."

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