The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hydrazine \Hy"dra*zine\, n. [Hydr- + azo- + -ine.] (Chem.)
Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the
amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and
diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc.
They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is
a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable,
colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it
forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or
more properly diamidogen), etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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