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nitrile

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A compound having the structure RC#N; thus a C-substituted derivative of hydrocyanic acid, HC#N. In systematic nomenclature, the suffix nitrile denotes the triply bound #N atom, not the carbon atom attached to it.

Term info

Label

nitrile

Synonyms
  • Nitrile
  • nitrile
  • nitriles
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
nitriles [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

CNR

has alternative id

CHEBI:13212, CHEBI:13660, CHEBI:25547, CHEBI:7584, CHEBI:13426

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

R-CN, Nitril, nitrilos, a nitrile

id

CHEBI:18379

mass

26.01740

monoisotopicmass

26.00307

smiles

[*]C#N

Term relations

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