SEMICARBAZIDE


Meaning of SEMICARBAZIDE in English

“+ noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary semi- + carbazide

: a crystalline compound NH 2 CONHNH 2 that is made from hydrazine by reaction with either urea or cyanic acid or from the nitro derivative of urea by reduction and that is used chiefly as a reagent for aldehydes and ketones by the formation of semicarbazones; the hydrazide of carbamic acid

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