carbonitrilen.
/ˌkɑːbə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪtrʌɪl/, U.S. /ˌkɑrbəˈnaɪtrᵻl/, /ˌkɑrbəˈnaɪˌtraɪl/ Chemistry.
An organic compound containing the group —C≡N, a nitrile; spec. one in which this group can be regarded as replacing a carboxyl group in a compound named as a carboxylic acid.
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1930 A. F. Holleman Text-bk. Org. Chem. (ed. 7) 90 Carbonitriles constitute the chief product of the interaction of potassium cyanide and alkyl iodides.
1979 Tetrahedron 35 2927 Direct cyanation..has given good yields of the following carbonitriles: anthracene-9-chrysene-6-, 2-methyl-1-naphtho-,..and triphenylene-2-carbonitriles.
2001 R. B. Fox & W. H. Powell Nomencl. Org. Compounds (ed. 2) xx. 201 Nitriles as a class are characterized by the presence of the —C≡N group; the class is sometimes referred to as carbonitriles... The term -carbonitrile describes —C≡N; it is used as a suffix to replace -carboxylic acid in names ending in -carboxylic acid.
2002 S. L. Miller & A. Lazcano in J. W. Schopf Life's Origin iii. 93 (caption) Photochemical rearrangement of diaminomaleonitrile..proceeds readily in sunlight to give high yields of aminoimidazole carbonitrile.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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