rhodaniden.
/ˈrəʊdənʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈroʊdəˌnaɪd/ Chemistry. Now rare.
= thiocyanate n. at thio- comb. form 1.
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1849 R. Kane Elements Chem. (ed. 2) xix. 751 Berzelius has proposed to term this hypothetic radical, Rhodan, and its salts rhodanides.
1890 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 12 231 Buff and Sonnenschein discovered ethylene rhodanide almost simultaneously in the year 1855.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) xii. 284 Potassium thiocyanate, -sulphocyanate, -sulphocyanide, -rhodanide, CNSK, is readily formed when potassium cyanide is fused with sulphur.
1955 Chem. & Engin. News 1 Aug. 3190/3 The following polyatomic anions have the names indicated below:..CNS− rhodanide (thiocyanate is, however, preferable).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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