maleimiden.
/məˈliːɪmʌɪd/, U.S. /məˈliɪˌmaɪd/ Chemistry.
A cyclic imide, C4H2O2NH, of maleic acid.
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paramide1848
succinimidate1857
mellitimide1865
succinimide1868
maleimide1904
propylenimine1917
1884 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 46 293 A compound having the formula C4Cl2O2NH, which is either a dichloromaleimide or dichlorofumarimide.]
1904 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 86 i. 770 Maleimide.., prepared by the oxidation of pyrrole, separates from ethyl acetate in faintly yellow crystals.
1979 Nature 8 Feb. 493/1 Band 3 was labelled with eosin maleimide.
1998 Mutation Res. 407 47 Disulfide derivatives of diphenyl..and N-ethyl maleimide (NEM), which temporarily or tightly block sulfhydryl (SH)-groups, showed similar suppressing effect in E. coli B/r WP2.
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