NH2

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amidogen \A*mid"o*gen\, n. [Amide + -gen.] (Chem.)
     A compound radical, {NH2}, not yet obtained in a separate
     state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of
     which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called
     also the {amido group}, and in composition represented by the
     form amido.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amido \A*mi"do\, a. [From {Amide}.] (Chem.)
     Containing, or derived from, amidogen.
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     {Amido acid}, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid
        hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido
        acids are both basic and acid.
  
     {Amido group}, amidogen, {NH2}.
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