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Nitrile vs Malononitrile - What's the difference?

nitrile | malononitrile |

As nouns the difference between nitrile and malononitrile

is that nitrile is while malononitrile is (chemistry) a nitrile with the chemical formula ch2(cn)2.

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 ----

    malononitrile

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia malononitrile)
  • (chemistry) A nitrile with the chemical formula CH2(CN)2.

    • Synonyms

    * propanedinitrile