glyoxaline Chem.
(glaɪˈɒksəliːn)
[f. glyoxal + -ine5.]
= imidazole.
| 1858 H. Debus in Chem. Gaz. XVI. 353 The other [organic base] in solution, to which in this paper the name of glyoxaline will be applied. 1943 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VI. 99/1 Glyoxalines are weak bases. 1946 A. A. Morton Chem. Heterocyclic Compounds xiii. 363 Glyoxaline is an empirical name, used sometimes for imidazoles, because the parent member of the series was first derived from glyoxal and ammonia. 1968 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 4) II. xii. 532 Imidazole (iminazole, glyoxaline) is isomeric with pyrazole. |