As nouns the difference between cyano and cyanato
is that cyano is a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles while cyanato is the univalent radical NCO- derived from cyanate.
cyano
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry, especially in combination) a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles
Derived terms
*cyanogen
*cyanide
cyanato
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) The univalent radical NCO- derived from cyanate
(chemistry, in combination) The univalent radical NC- derived from cyanide
Derived terms
*cyanoacetate
*cyanoacetic
*cyanoacetyl
*cyanoacrylate
*cyanoborane
*cyanocomplex
*cyanocyclopropane
*cyanodiaminomethane
*cyanodiazoacetyl
*cyanodiethylgold
*cyanodimethylarsine
*cyanodinitromethanide
*cyanoethanol
*cyanoethyl
*cyanoethylation
*cyanoethylhydrazine
*cyanoethylsiloxane
*cyanoform
*cyanoformyl
*cyanofurazan
*cyanoguanidine
*cyanohydrazonoacetyl
*cyanomercurio
*cyanonitrene
*cyanoperfluoroindene
*cyanophenylacetimidate
*cyanophosphine
*cyanopropene
*cyanopropyne
*cyanotetrazole
*cyanotridecahydrodecaborate
*cyanotrimethylsilane
