triazine

American  

[trahy-uh-zeen, -zin, trahy-az-een, -in] / ˈtraɪ əˌzin, -zɪn, traɪˈæz in, -ɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

1. any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .

2. any of a number of their derivatives.

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triazine British  

/ traɪˈæziːn, ˈtraɪəzɪn, -zɪn, ˈtraɪəˌziːn, -zɪn, traɪˈæzɪn /

noun

1. any of three azines that contain three nitrogen atoms in their molecules. Formula: C 3 H 3 N 3

2. any substituted derivative of any of these compounds

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Etymology

Origin of triazine

First recorded in 1890–95; tri- + azine

Example Sentences

Researchers utilized a gear-shaped molecule called triaryltriazine, which has a center triazine ring with three phenylene rings attached to it -- which act like the teeth of a gear.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2024

To get around this, researchers led by Zhengjin Yang, a chemist at the University of Science and Technology of China, manufactured a series of membranes from a polymer known as a triazine framework.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2023

To speed this transport even more, Yang and his team also modified their triazine starting materials so that the rigid pores were lined with negatively charged sulfonate groups.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2023

And Lee notes that although the chemistry of the triazine compounds makes them ideally suited for working in water, they may not hold up to acidic or alkaline electrolytes used in other electrochemical devices.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2023

Pyridine gives origin to: pyridazine or ortho-diazine, pyrimidine or meta-diazine, pyrazine or para-diazine, osotriazine, unsymmetrical triazine, symmetrical triazine, osotetrazone and tetrazine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various