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carbonylcyanide

carbonylcyanide is the alternative form of carbonyl cyanide.

Meaning of carbonyl cyanide

Noun

carbonyl cyanide (uncountable)

  1. The nitrile CO(C≡N)₂ that reacts explosively with water to form hydrogen cyanide and carbon dioxide

Questions about carbonylcyanide

What is carbonylcyanide the alternative form of?
Carbonylcyanide is the alternative form of carbonyl cyanide.

Words near carbonylcyanide in the dictionary

  1. carbonylates
  2. carbonylating
  3. carbonylation
  4. carbonylations
  5. carbonylative
  6. carbonylcyanide
  7. carbonyldiamine
  8. carbonylhemoglobin
  9. carbonylic
  10. carbonyloxy
  11. carbonyls

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