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Nitrile vs Carbonitrile - What's the difference?

nitrile | carbonitrile |

In chemistry terms the difference between nitrile and carbonitrile

is that nitrile is any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C≡N while carbonitrile is a nitrile.

nitrile

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia nitrile)
  • (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C?N

    • Derived terms

    * acrylonitrile * nitrile rubber * phosphonitrile ----

    carbonitrile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) a nitrile