nitrile - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nitrile' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nitrile

[ n.]

- Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.

Nearby Words:

nit nitency niteosaccharin niter nithing nitid nitranilic nitraniline nitrate nitrated

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