aziridine

Etymology
. Aza denotes a monocycle with a single nitrogen atom, and iridine is used to mark a three-membered monocycle.

Noun

 * 1)  A three-membered heterocycle containing two methylene groups and an imine; the nitrogen equivalent of ethylene oxide.
 * 2)  Any derivative of this basic structure.

Related terms

 * , an analogous four-membered heterocycle
 * , an analogous five-membered heterocycle

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 氮丙啶, 環乙亞胺, 氮雜環丙烷,, 環乙胺, 乙烯亞胺, 乙撐亞胺
 * Finnish: etyleeni-imiini
 * French: aziridine
 * German: Ethylenimin
 * Japanese: アジリジン
 * Kazakh: азиридин
 * Korean: 에틸렌이민
 * Persian: آزیریدین
 * Portuguese: aziridina
 * Ukrainian: азиридин