glyoxaline

American

[glahy-ok-suh-leen, -lin] / glaɪˈɒk səˌlin, -lɪn /

noun

imidazole.

glyoxaline British

/ ɡlaɪˈɒksəlɪn /

noun

another name (not in technical usage) for imidazole

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Etymology

Origin of glyoxaline

First recorded in 1855–60; gly(col) + oxal(ic) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

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Pyrrol yields an analogous series: pyrazole, imidazole or glyoxaline, azimide or osotriazole, triazole and tetrazole: Six-membered ring systems can be referred back, in a manner similar to the above, to pyrone, penthiophene and pyridine, the substances containing a ring of five carbon atoms, and an oxygen, sulphur and nitrogen atom respectively.

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