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cyanophosphonate

cyanophosphonate noun: the anion or group formed by replacing one of the hydroxyl groups of a phosphonate by a cyanide group.

Noun

cyanophosphonate (plural cyanophosphonates)

  1. The anion or group formed by replacing one of the hydroxyl groups of a phosphonate by a cyanide group

Forms of cyanophosphonate

pluralcyanophosphonates

Questions about cyanophosphonate

What does cyanophosphonate mean?
Cyanophosphonate means the anion or group formed by replacing one of the hydroxyl groups of a phosphonate by a cyanide group.
What part of speech is cyanophosphonate?
Cyanophosphonate is a noun.
What is the plural of cyanophosphonate?
The plural of cyanophosphonate is cyanophosphonates.

Words near cyanophosphonate in the dictionary

  1. cyanophils
  2. cyanophily
  3. cyanophobia
  4. cyanophore
  5. cyanophores
  6. cyanophosphonate
  7. cyanophosphonates
  8. cyanophosphorylation
  9. cyanophycean
  10. cyanophycin
  11. cyanophycinase

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