sulphocyanicadj.
Chem.
Designating the sulpho-acid related to cyanic acid, occurring in cruciferous plants and in human saliva, and obtainable as a colourless liquid: now thiocyanic adj. at thio- comb. form 1.
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1819 J. G. Children Ess. Chem. Anal. 326 Mr. Porrett concludes the composition of sulphocyanic acid to be..Sulphur..100, Hydrocyanic acid..53.
1830–1 Lancet I. 33/2 It has long since been discovered, that the sulphocyanic acid and its salts possess the same action with the persalts of iron as the meconic acid.
1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 515 Sulphocyanic anhydride..is formed by the action of cyanic iodide on argentic sulphocyanate.
Derivatives
sulphoˈcyanate n.
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sulphocyanate1830
sulphocyanuret1833
sulphocyanodide1838
rhodan1849
1830–1 Lancet I. 33/2 No attempt has been made to ascertain whether the *sulphocyanate of iron might be formed at all during the process for detecting opium.
1897 Naturalist 42 Sulphides and sulphocyanates of an alcoholic body termed allyl.
sulphoˈcyanide n. Photogr. short for ammonium sulphocyanide.
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sulphocyanide1841
platinocyanide1845
valeronitrile1847
rhodan1849
Everitt's salt1890
acrylonitrile1893
Zyklon B1939
TCNQ1960
propenenitrile1963
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sulphocyanide1841
acetate1863
toner1920
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 358/1 The saliva..is composed of a great proportion of water,..holding in solution..a very minute quantity of *sulpho-cyanide of potassium.
1890 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. 3 221 Sulpho~cyanide of silver is substituted for bromide.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 14/2 A toning-bath in very common use is the sulphocyanide bath.
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sulphocyanate1830
sulphocyanuret1833
sulphocyanodide1838
rhodan1849
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 768 *Sulpho-cyanodide of mercury gives the same products as sulphuret of cyanogen; but instead of sulphur, we obtain sulphuret of mercury.
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sulphocyanate1830
sulphocyanuret1833
sulphocyanodide1838
rhodan1849
1833 G. O. Rees tr. Berzelius Anal. Inorg. Bodies 135 When the hydrogen of the acid unites with the sulphur of the base to form sulphureted hydrogen, a metallic *sulphocyanuret remains.
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