See Also: oxazole(medicine)
oxazole(dictionary)

oxazole (iou)



oxazole noun. L19.
[from OXY- + AZO- + -OLE2.]
Chemistry. A weakly basic heterocyclic compound, C3H3NO, which is a volatile liquid; a substituted derivative of this.
oxazolidine any substituted derivative of the hypothetical heterocyclic compound C3H7NO, some of which are anticonvulsants E20.
oxazolone noun any compound containing the nucleus obtained by hydrogenating one of the double bonds of oxazole and replacing a methylene group by a carbonyl group L19.