Definition of Dinitro

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Two nitro groups in a chemical compound ¹

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Definition of Dinitro

1. containing two nitro groups [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinitro

dining room
dining rooms
dining table
dining tables
diningroom furniture
diningroom set
diningroom suite
dinite
dinitolmide
dinitrate
dinitrates
dinitride
dinitrides
dinitrile
dinitriles
dinitro (current term)
dinitro-
dinitroaniline
dinitrobenzene
dinitrobenzenes
dinitrocellulose
dinitrochlorobenzene
dinitrofluorobenzene
dinitrogen
dinitrogen monoxide
dinitrogen oxide
dinitrogen pentoxide
dinitrogen reductase
dinitrogen tetroxide
dinitrogen trioxide

Literary usage of Dinitro

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The results showed that in the latter respect the metal present is practically without influence on the tinctorial properties of dinitro-tf-naphthol, ..."

2. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"dinitro-benzol is at present largely employed in the manufacture of ... Huber * finds that if dinitro- benzol is given to frogs by the mouth in doses of ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"... acid may be obtained from it by replacing the amido-group by chlorine and the nitroxyl by hydrogen; its constitution is thus established. dinitro- ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"THE compounds described are a series of salts of dinitro-a-naphthol ... The action of chlorin on dinitro-a-naphthol has been ..."

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