A chemical compound containing both an amide group and a thiazole ring, used in pharmaceutical and agricultural research.
From amido- (relating to amides, from ammonia derivatives) + thiazole (a five-membered ring containing sulfur and nitrogen, from thio- meaning sulfur + azole meaning nitrogen ring). The term combines chemical nomenclature elements developed in 19th-century organic chemistry.
This is the kind of chemical that drug scientists look for when trying to create new medicines—the thiazole ring actually appears in several antibiotics and heart medications, so amidothiazoles are like molecular building blocks researchers test to see if they might have healing powers.
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