Azobenzene Definition

azōbenzēn, azōbenzēn
noun
An orange-red crystalline compound, C6H5N:NC6H5, derived from nitrobenzene in an alkaline solution and used in organic synthesis.
Webster's New World

(chemistry) An aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes.

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Other Word Forms of Azobenzene

Noun

Singular:
azobenzene
Plural:
azobenzenes

Azobenzene Sentence Examples

  • With aniline and acetic acid it yields azobenzene.

  • In alkaline solution azobenzene results, while arsenic acid produces the violet-colouring matter violaniline.

  • Potassium permanganate in neutral solution oxidizes it to nitrobenzene, in alkaline solution to azobenzene, ammonia and oxalic acid, in acid solution to aniline black.

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