Azoindoxyl

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any indoxyl that contains a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, typically used for dyes in electron microscopy.

    "For example, certain sulfur-containing dyes reduce osmium tetroxide to osmium black, which is electron opaque (Hanker et al., 1964), and certain azoindoxyls form insoluble osmium-containing complexes ( Holt and Hicks, 1966)."

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"For example, certain sulfur-containing dyes reduce osmium tetroxide to osmium black, which is electron opaque (Hanker et al., 1964), and certain azoindoxyls form insoluble osmium-containing complexes ( Holt and Hicks, 1966)."

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From azo + indoxyl.

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