diazomethane

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diazomethane (countable and uncountable, plural diazomethanes)

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(organic chemistry) the simplest diazo compound, CH2=N=N; a toxic, yellow, explosive gas; used in analytical chemistry to convert carboxylic acids into their methyl esters for analysis via gas-liquid chromatography

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