guanidine
Definition
A guanidine is any organonitrogen compound containing a carbamimidamido (guanidino) group. Guanidines have the general structure (R1R2N)(R3R4N)C=N-R5 and are related structurally to amidines and ureas.
Reference
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EMBL-EBI 2025 Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI). The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EBML). [2025-2-27] www.ebi.ac.uk
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
Relationships
Properties
Label
guanidine
EUPH Code (UID)
[4158]
EUPH IRI
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_24436
Descriptor
n/a
Created
2023-12-27
Updated
2025-11-25
Contributors
Class
Author: Michael Rubinigg
Definition
Author: Michael Rubinigg
Translation
Authors: Michael Rubinigg
Class translations
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guanidine
Noun, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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