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azo compound
Any of a class of organic compounds of general formula R–N=N–R'. The most important azo compounds have aromatic groups for R and R', and are made by coupling diazonium compounds with nucleophiles such as pheonols or aromatic amines. They comprise more than half the dyes commercially available.
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