diphenylguanidine

noun

di·​phen·​yl·​guanidine

: a crystalline compound (C₆H₅NH)₂C=NH made by reaction of aniline and cyanogen chloride and used as an accelerator of vulcanization

called also 1,3-diphenylguanidine

Word History

Etymology

diphenyl + guanidine

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