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Cyanide vs Cyanocarbon - What's the difference?

cyanide | cyanocarbon |

As nouns the difference between cyanide and cyanocarbon

is that cyanide is (chemistry|countable) any compound containing the -c≡n radical or the c≡n-1 anion while cyanocarbon is (chemistry) a class of organic compounds formally derived from hydrocarbons by replacing every hydrogen atom with a cyanide radical; eg - tetracyanomethane - c(cn)4.

cyanide

English

(wikipedia cyanide)

Noun

  • (chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C?N radical or the C?N-1 anion.
  • (uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
  • (uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas

    • Derived terms

    * ferricyanide * ferrocyanide

    See also

    * hydrocyanic acid * Zyklon B * Nevada gas (slang)

    cyanocarbon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) a class of organic compounds formally derived from hydrocarbons by replacing every hydrogen atom with a cyanide radical; e.g. - tetracyanomethane - C(CN)4

    • Derived terms

    * cyanocarbon acid