Nitrile Common

Nitrile has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

nitrile nitril cyanide

any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid

See Also

aminonitrile succinonitrile tetracyanoethylene carbonitrile class aminopropionitrile nitric malononitrile

Related Terms

aminonitrile succinonitrile tetracyanoethylene carbonitrile class aminopropionitrile nitric malononitrile carbonyl cyanide cyanosilylation nitrous piperonylonitrile aminoacetonitrile trichloroacetonitrile cyanodiacetylene ampyzine nitrilase dinitrile valeronitrile cyanazine

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

organic compound

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

propenonitrile

Rhyming Words

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