acrylonitrilen.
/ˌakrᵻləʊˈnʌɪtrʌɪl/, /əˌkrɪləʊˈnʌɪtrʌɪl/, U.S. /ˌækrəloʊˈnaɪtrᵻl/, /ˌækrəloʊˈnaɪtraɪl/ Chemistry.
A pungent, toxic, organic liquid which can be polymerized to form artificial fibres and other materials. Also called cyanoethylene, vinyl cyanide.Acrylonitrile is the nitrile of acrylic acid. Systematic name: propenenitrile; CH2=CHCN.
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acrylonitrile1893
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acrylonitrile1893
Zyklon B1939
TCNQ1960
propenenitrile1963
1893 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 64 i. 682 β-hydroxypropionitrile..yields acrylonitrile when distilled with phosphoric anhydride.
1947 A. J. Mee tr. P. Karrer Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 180 Acrylonitrile..readily polymerises and therefore serves for the manufacture of plastics and artificial rubber.
1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. vii. 121 Acrylonitrile: obtained from acetylene and hydrochloric acid by passing the mixed vapours at ordinary temperature and pressure into a suspension of cuprous chloride in dilute hydrochloric acid.
1999 R. German World of Rubber (Brit. Rubber Manuf. Assoc.) 29 Nitrile Rubber (NBR), is a copolymer of acrylonitrile and butadiene molecules.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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