rhodanine

English

Etymology

From ammonium rhodanide +‎ -anine. (Ammonium rhodanide reacts with chloroacetic acid to produce rhodanine.)

Noun

rhodanine (countable and uncountable, plural rhodanines)

  1. (organic chemistry) The heterocycle 2-thioxy-4-thiazolidinone, some of whose derivatives show anti-viral activity
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