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lactonitrile

lactonitrile noun: the nitrile of lactic acid 2-hydroxypropanenitrile.

Noun

lactonitrile (uncountable)

  1. The nitrile of lactic acid 2-hydroxypropanenitrile

Questions about lactonitrile

What does lactonitrile mean?
Lactonitrile means the nitrile of lactic acid 2-hydroxypropanenitrile.
What part of speech is lactonitrile?
Lactonitrile is a noun.

Words near lactonitrile in the dictionary

  1. lactones
  2. lactonic
  3. lactonisation
  4. lactonisations
  5. lactonised
  6. lactonitrile
  7. lactonization
  8. lactonizations
  9. lactonize
  10. lactonized
  11. lactonizes

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