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cyanogen bromide

cyanogen bromide noun: a pseudohalogen with the chemical formula (CN)Br or BrCN, widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides, and synthesize other compounds.

Noun

cyanogen bromide (uncountable)

  1. A pseudohalogen with the chemical formula (CN)Br or BrCN, widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides, and synthesize other compounds.

Synonyms of cyanogen bromide

Questions about cyanogen bromide

What does cyanogen bromide mean?
Cyanogen bromide means a pseudohalogen with the chemical formula (CN)Br or BrCN, widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides, and synthesize other compounds.
What part of speech is cyanogen bromide?
Cyanogen bromide is a noun.

Words near cyanogen bromide in the dictionary

  1. cyanoform
  2. cyanoformate
  3. cyanoformates
  4. cyanoformic acid
  5. cyanogen
  6. cyanogen bromide
  7. cyanogen chloride
  8. cyanogeneses
  9. cyanogenesis
  10. cyanogenetic
  11. cyanogenic

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