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malononitrile

malononitrile noun: a nitrile with the chemical formula CH₂(CN)₂.

Noun

malononitrile (countable and uncountable, plural malononitriles)

  1. A nitrile with the chemical formula CH₂(CN)₂.

Synonyms of malononitrile

Forms of malononitrile

pluralmalononitriles

Questions about malononitrile

What does malononitrile mean?
Malononitrile means a nitrile with the chemical formula CH₂(CN)₂.
What part of speech is malononitrile?
Malononitrile is a noun.
What is the plural of malononitrile?
The plural of malononitrile is malononitriles.

Words near malononitrile in the dictionary

  1. Maloneys Beach
  2. malonic
  3. malonic acid
  4. malonic anhydride
  5. malonitrile
  6. malononitrile
  7. malononitriles
  8. Malonosan
  9. malonyl
  10. malonylated
  11. malonylation

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