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nitrile


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nitrile  \Ni"trile\  (?  or  ?),  n.  [See  {Nitro-}.]  (Chem.) 
  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. 
 
  Note:  The  nitriles  are  named  with  reference  to  the  acids 
  produced  by  their  decomposition,  thus  hydrocyanic  acid 
  is  {formic  nitrile},  and  methyl  cyanide  is  {acetic 
  nitrile}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nitrile 
  n  :  any  of  a  class  of  organic  compounds  containing  the  cyano 
  radical  -CN  [syn:  {cyanide}] 




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