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Cyanic acid
An unstable, highly volatile, poisonous acid, HOCN, used to prepare cyanates; hydrolyzes in water to give ammonia and carbon dioxide
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An unstable, highly volatile, poisonous acid, HOCN, used to prepare cyanates; hydrolyzes in water to give ammonia and carbon dioxide
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| hydrocyanic acidnoun | (chemistry) a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant |
| hydrogen cyanidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some organic compounds to form nitriles. |
| sodium cyanidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The sodium salt of hydrocyanic acid, NaCN. |
| hydrocyanatenoun | (chemistry) hydrocyanide |
| hocnnoun | (chemistry) cyanic acid ((CNOH)₃) |
| cyanatenoun | (chemistry) Any salt or ester of cyanic acid. |
| isocyanic acidnoun | (inorganic chemistry) The unstable compound H-N=C=O that is metameric with cyanic acid; the imide of carbonic acid |
| cyanatonoun | (chemistry) The univalent radical NCO- derived from cyanate |
| cyanuric acidnoun | (organic chemistry) An aromatic heterocyclic organic compound, C₃N₃(OH)₃, that decomposes on heating to form cyanic acid; it is a prebiotic compound found in stellar dust clouds. |
| cyanuratenoun | (biochemistry) A compound formed with cyanuric acid |
| hydrocyanidenoun | (chemistry) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base, distinguished from cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines. |
| carbonylcyanidenoun | (organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbonyl cyanide. [(organic chemistry) The nitrile CO(C≡N)₂ that reacts explosively with water to form hydrogen cyanide and carbon dioxide] |
| cyanidenoun | (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas. |
| ferrocyanic acidnoun | (inorganic chemistry) The protonated form of the ferrocyanide anion |
| thiocyanic acidnoun | (chemistry) A poisonous unstable liquid, HSCN; its salts and esters, the thiocyanates, have a variety of uses. |
| cyanidonoun | (chemistry, in combination) The cyano(CN) ion, ligand or radical. |
| cyanonickelatenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound containing an anion composed of nickel and cyanide ligands. |
| fulminic acidnoun | (chemistry) Iso-cyanic acid, HCNO, an unstable compound which forms explosive salts |
| cyanoacetic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The cyano derivative of acetic acid NC-CH₂-COOH used in the synthesis of barbiturates and other compounds |
| potassium cyanidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography. |
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