Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the
imido group . - adjective an organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid.
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- adjective organic chemistry Of or pertaining to an
imide
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Examples
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By the mid 1980's we had developed what I call well-defined catalysts for both the olefin and acetylene metathesis reactions that contained sterically protecting imido and/or alkoxide ligands.
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I was impressed by the high oxidation state chemistry of osmium imido complexes being carried out by K. Barry Sharpless at MIT and invited him to DuPont to give a talk, probably in late 1974.
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