imino-
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a combining form representing imine, in compound words:
iminourea.
Related Word
- iminourea
imino-a combining form indicating an imine.
1903 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXIV. i. 692The formation and properties of some iminoacid anhydrides of the type of the hypothetical iminoformic anhydride, NH:CH·O·CH:O.
1937 Imino-acid . [ see imino-ether below]
1953 Fruton & Simmonds Gen. Biochem. iii. 49The hydrolysis of a protein leads to the formation of a variety of amino acids... The compounds having the general formula shown are termed α-amino acids, whereas proline and hydroxyproline are more correctly designated α-imino acids; for convenience, however, these two cyclic compounds are also called amino acids.
1961 Jrnl. Clin. Invest. XL. i. 843/1Since nearly all of the hydroxyproline of the body is found in collagen, it has been suggested..that the urinary excretion of the imino acid may be an important index of collagen metabolism.
1967 New Scientist 24 Aug. 375/1 The precise proportion of the imino-acid hydroxyproline in the important protein collagen.
1900 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXVIII. i. 295The authors think it probable that aliphatic substituted imino-chlorides of aromatic acids are readily decomposed into alkyl chlorides and aromatic nitriles or their polymerides.
1904 Ibid. LXXXV. 1726 (heading)The formation and reactions of imino-compounds.
1924 C. Hollins Synthesis Nitrogen Ring Compounds vii. 203The yield of imino-compound..was very small.
1908 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XCIV. i. 419The catalysis of imino-esters.
1935 H. J. Lucas Org. Chem. xxi. 314In the presence of anhydrous hydrogen chloride, nitriles add alcohols to form imino esters: CH3C{b3}N + HOC2H5→CH3C{b2}NH{bbc1}OC2H5 .
1951 C. R. Noller Chem. Org. Compounds xiii. 242The corresponding O-alkyl derivatives, RC{b1}OR{btc2}NH, are known and are called imido esters (less correctly imino esters or imido ethers).
1897 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXII. ii. 804/2 (Index),Imino-ethers.
1937 Taylor & Baker Sidgwick'sOrg. Chem. Nitrogen (rev. ed. ) v. 154The imino-ethers, which can also be regarded as esters of imino-acids and are sometimes called imino-esters have the general formula R·C(OR′): NH.
1906 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXIX. ii. 1837The members of the former class contain the grouping CO{btr1}NH·CO·{bbr1}NH·CO·, whereas in no member of the latter class is this grouping present... Each of the imino-groups contained in the above-mentioned grouping, being connected with two carbonyl groups, will be possessed of acidic properties.
1966 Nowakowski & Clarke tr. Kretovich'sPrinc. PlantBiochem. i. 16Proline, strictly speaking, is not an amino acid, as it contains an imino group ({b2}NH).
1896 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXX. ii. 911/1 (Index),Iminosulphonic acid.
1901 Proc. Chem. Soc. XVII. 61A liquid base of ‘imino’ odour.
1937 F. C. Whitmore Org. Chem. i. 226This product loses water to form the imino analog of formaldehyde, H2C{b2}NH.
ORIGIN: from I.Min.E. -o-
imino-
combining form
see imin-
see imin-