bromosuccinimide

bro·mo·suc·ci·ni·mide

noun

A chemical reagent used in radical substitution and electrophilic addition reactions in organic chemistry.

“Bromosuccinimide is a convenient source of cationic bromine.”

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Meanings

nounbromosuccinimide (countable and uncountable, plural bromosuccinimides)

plural bromosuccinimides

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA chemical reagent used in radical substitution and electrophilic addition reactions in organic chemistry.

    Bromosuccinimide is a convenient source of cationic bromine.

Origin

From bromo- + succinimide.

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