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naphthalimide

naphthalimide

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Noun

naphthalimide (plural naphthalimides)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any imide of a naphthalic acid
    • 2015 July 24, Miguel R. Lugo, A. Rod Merrill, Ken Teter, “The Father, Son and Cholix Toxin: The Third Member of the DT Group Mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase Toxin Family”, in Toxins, volume 7, DOI:10.3390/toxins7082757:
      There are four main inhibitor platforms ( Figure 6 ), one consisting of a water-soluble phenanthridinone backbone (PJ34), and the second is a naphthalimide derivative that is more nonpolar (NAP).