Azo Definition

ăzō, āzō
adjective
Containing a nitrogen group, especially one nitrogen atom doubly bonded to another nitrogen atom. Many common dyes contain one or a few of these groups.
American Heritage
Pertaining to or containing the divalent radical N:N.
Azo dyes.
Webster's New World

Azote, nitrogen.

Wiktionary

Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.

Wiktionary

Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.

Wiktionary
prefix
Containing a nitrogen group, especially one attached at both ends in a covalent bond to other groups.
Azole.
American Heritage

(chemistry) Containing nitrogen.

Wiktionary
(organic chemistry) Having a bivalent azo group (-N=N-) as a substituent.
Wiktionary
affix
Containing nitrogen.
Azole.
Webster's New World
Containing the divalent radical N:N.
Azobenzene.
Webster's New World

Origin of Azo

  • From French azote nitrogen Greek a- not a–1 Greek zōē life (from the fact that nitrogen does not support respiration) gwei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From azo–

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Azo Sentence Examples

  • The principal chromophores are the azo, -N = N -, azoxy, = N 2 O, nitro, - N02, nitroso, - NO, and carbonyl, = CO, groups.

  • The nitro group has a very important action mainly on account of the readiness with which it can be introduced into the molecule, but its effect is much less than that of the azo group. The colour produced is generally yellow, which, in accordance with a general rule, is intensified with an increase in the number of groups; compare, for example, mono-, diand tri-nitrobenzene.

  • The acid finds considerable use in organic chemistry, being employed to discriminate between the different types of alcohols and of amines, and also in the production of diazo, azo and diazo-amino compounds.

  • The barons supported Azo of Liguria, the lawful successor of Herbert II.; the citizens of Le Mans set up a commune, expelled Azo's representatives and made war on the barons.

  • In acid solution, amines are obtained, in alkaline solution, azoxy, azo and hydrazo compounds, and in neutral solution hydroxylamino compounds.

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Words Starting With

AAZAZO

Words Ending With

OZOAZO

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Words Starting With A and Ending With O

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