Azosulphine

/ˌæz.oʊˈsʌl.fin/ noun

A chemical compound containing both azo (nitrogen) and sulphine (sulfur-based) functional groups.

From 'azo-' (nitrogen compound) + 'sulphine' (from Latin 'sulphur' with the chemical suffix '-ine' indicating a compound class), created during 19th-century synthetic organic chemistry advances.

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