nitroguanidine

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural nitroguanidines)

(chemistry) A colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.

Origin

nitro- +‎ guanidine

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By the action of nitric acid on guanidine in the presence of sulphuric acid, nitroguanidine, HN: C(NH 2) NH NO 2 (a substance possessing acid properties) is obtained; from which, by reduction with zinc dust, amidoguanidine, HN :C(NH 2) NH NH 2, is formed.

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