Thiazole

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of three carbon atoms, a sulphur and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₃H₃SN

    "Many heterocyclic bodies prepared synthetically have been manufactured upon a technical scale, because of their coloring and therapeutic properties. This is true of the dyes of [...] the thiazole-group, and also of the important febrifuges, [...]"

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"Many heterocyclic bodies prepared synthetically have been manufactured upon a technical scale, because of their coloring and therapeutic properties. This is true of the dyes of [...] the thiazole-group, and also of the important febrifuges, [...]"

Etymology

thio- + azole

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