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Isocyanide vs Xantocillin - What's the difference?

isocyanide | xantocillin |

As nouns the difference between isocyanide and xantocillin

is that isocyanide is (chemistry) the isomer hn+c- of hydrocyanic acid hcn while xantocillin is the first reported natural product found to contain the isocyanide functional group, originally isolated from penicillium notatum in 1950.

isocyanide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) The isomer HN+C- of hydrocyanic acid HCN.
  • (chemistry) Any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives RNC.

    • xantocillin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia xantocillin)
  • The first reported natural product found to contain the isocyanide functional group, originally isolated from Penicillium notatum in 1950.

    • Synonyms

    * ophthocillin