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Nitrile vs Dinitrile - What's the difference?

nitrile | dinitrile |

As nouns the difference between nitrile and dinitrile

is that nitrile is while dinitrile is (organic chemistry) any organic compound having two nitrile groups.

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 ----

    dinitrile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two nitrile groups