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acetonitril

acetonitril is the obsolete spelling of acetonitrile.

Meaning of acetonitrile

Noun

acetonitrile (plural acetonitriles)

  1. The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH₃CN, formally derived from acetic acid
    Synonyms:
    cyanomethane, methyl cyanide, ethanenitrile, ethyl nitrile, methanecarbonitrile

Questions about acetonitril

What is acetonitril the obsolete spelling of?
Acetonitril is the obsolete spelling of acetonitrile.

Words near acetonitril in the dictionary

  1. acetonemic
  2. acetones
  3. acetonic
  4. acetonide
  5. acetonides
  6. acetonitril
  7. acetonitrile
  8. acetonitriles
  9. acetonitrilic
  10. acetonization
  11. acetonize

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