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Epoxide vs Azinomycin - What's the difference?

epoxide | azinomycin |

As nouns the difference between epoxide and azinomycin

is that epoxide is while azinomycin is any of a class of antibiotic antitumour agents, isolated from a streptomyces bacterium, that have an epoxide structure based on aziridine.

epoxide

English

(wikipedia epoxide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.

    • Synonyms

    * alkylene oxide

    Derived terms

    * epoxidation * epoxidisable, epoxidizable * epoxidise, epoxidize

    See also

    * ethylene oxide * epoxy * episulphide

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    azinomycin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a class of antibiotic antitumour agents, isolated from a Streptomyces bacterium, that have an epoxide structure based on aziridine