dinitrophenylhydrazone

noun

The red or yellow precipitate indicating a positive result when dinitrophenylhydrazine is used to detect qualitatively the carbonyl functionality of a ketone or aldehyde functional group.

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Meanings

noundinitrophenylhydrazone (countable and uncountable, plural dinitrophenylhydrazones)

plural dinitrophenylhydrazones

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe red or yellow precipitate indicating a positive result when dinitrophenylhydrazine is used to detect qualitatively the carbonyl functionality of a ketone or aldehyde functional group.
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dinitrophenylhydrazone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinitrophenylhydrazone

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