having two nitro groups per molecule: dinitrobenzene
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Dinitro is defined as with two nitrogen groups per molecule.
An example of dinitro is dinitrobenzene, which is an isomeric compound formed by the reaction of nitric acid and benzene.
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- (chemistry) containing two nitro groups (-NO2)
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Sentence Examples
- The diortho and dipara dinitro compounds result from the action of alcoholic potash on orthoand para-nitrobenzyl chlorides.
- Martius yellow, C10H5(N02)20Na H20, the sodium salt of 2.4 dinitro-a-naphthol (for notation see Naphthalene), is prepared by the action of nitric acid on a-naphthol -2.4-disulphonic acid.
- Penta-oxyanthraquinones have been obtained from purpurin and anthrapurpurin, while a hexaoxyanthraquinone has been obtained from 1.5 dinitro anthraquinone.
- BENZIDINE (DIPARA-DIAMINO-DIPHENYL),NH 2 C 6 H 4 C 6 H 4 NH2, a chemical base which may be prepared by the reduction of the corresponding dinitro-diphenyl, or by the reduction of azobenzene with tin and hydrochloric acid.