diazo-
Word Origin
Chemistry.
1
a combining form with the meaning “diazo group,” used in the formation of compound words:
diazomethane.
Also, especially before a vowel, diaz-.
Origin
di-1 + azo-
Related Words
- diaz-
- diazoalkane
- diazoamino
- diazomethane
- diazotype
diazo-a combining form denoting a diazo compound.
[di-1 + azo-]1859 P. Griess in Proc. R.Soc. IX. 595The new body, for which I propose the provisional name diazodinitrophenol, is soluble in alcohol and ether.
1873 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 797Whereby they were converted into diazotoluenes.
1878 Law Reports 29 Ch. Div. 367Naphthylamine is converted into its diazo compound by the action of nitrous acid.
1880 Friswell in Soc. ArtsJrnl. 446The diazobenzene formed at once attacks the free aniline salt.
1880 Athenæum 13 Nov. 645/2 Action of Diazonaphthalin on Salicylic Acid.
1890 Lancet 23 Aug. 413/1 The so-called diazo reaction of urine..A bright or carmine red colouration denotes the diazo action.
1908 J. C. Cain Chem. Diazo-Compounds xviii. 133Hantzsch..adopted Blomstrand's formula for the diazo-salts. He preferred also to call these ‘diazonium’ salts.
1940 S. Miall NewDict. Chem. 169/1The diazonium salts are by far the most important diazo-compounds.
1951 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. xxiv. 489Diazo-compounds have the structure Ar{b1}N{b2}N{b1}Y... Azo-compounds, on the other hand, have the structure Ar{b1}N{b2}N{b1} Ar.
1951 C. R. Noller Chem. Org. Compounds xiii. 258Compounds containing the characteristic group >CN2 are known as aliphatic diazo compounds.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 690/1Azo dye synthesis depends on two reactions discovered by Griess (1858): first, diazo compound formation..; secondly, adding this diazo component to an aromatic amino or hydroxy compound, called the coupling component.
1965 Nomencl. Org. Chem. (I.U.P.A.C.) C. 217Compounds RN{b2}NX are named by adding, after the name of the parent compound RH, the syllables ‘diazo’ joined to the designation of the atom or group X.
1890 Photogr. News 28 Nov. 934/2Feer's process is not a primuline process, although it is a diazotype process.
1891 Art Jrnl. Feb. 54The Diazotype process, a method of photographic dyeing and printing.
1967 Times Rev. Industry May 117/1 (Advt. ),Diazotype printing processes have endless permutations.
ORIGIN: from di- 2 + azo- .
diazo-
combining form
see diaz-
see diaz-