Borrowed fromGermanHydrazin, coined byEmile Fischer in 1875 as a derivative from Diazin, an obsolete name fordiimide, of which hydrazine is a hydrogenated analog. Bysurface analysis,hydr- +azo(“nitrogen”) +-ine.
hydrazine (countable anduncountable,pluralhydrazines)
- (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) Acorrosive,fumingliquid, NH2-NH2, used as arocketfuel.
- (organic chemistry, countable) Any member of the class oforganiccompounds formally derived from NH2-NH2.
2009, Richard H. Wiley,Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page387:From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, withhydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).
hydrazine f (pluralhydrazines)
- hydrazine
