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semicarbazide

Semicarbazide vs Thiosemicarbazide - What's the difference?

semicarbazide | thiosemicarbazide |


As nouns the difference between semicarbazide and thiosemicarbazide

is that semicarbazide is (organic chemistry) any of a class or organic nitrogen compounds derived from the parent compound nh2-nh-co-nh2; they react with aldehydes and ketones to form semicarbazones while thiosemicarbazide is (chemistry) an analogue of a semicarbazide that contains a sulfur atom in place of the oxygen atom.