Definition of Cyano

1. 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 ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cyano

1. pertaining to cyanogen [adj] - See also: cyanogen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyano

cyanine green G base
cyanines
cyanins
cyanise
cyanised
cyanises
cyanising
cyanite
cyanites
cyanitic
cyanize
cyanized
cyanizes
cyanizing
cyanmethemoglobin
cyano (current term)
cyano-
cyano group
cyano radical
cyanoacetate
cyanoacetates
cyanoacetic
cyanoacetic acid
cyanoacetyl
cyanoacetyls
cyanoacrylate
cyanoacrylates
cyanoalkyl
cyanobacteria
cyanobacterial

Literary usage of Cyano

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"On the Occurrence of cyano-nitride of Titanium in Ferro-manganese. By TW HOGG. The size of these crystals generally lies between O'OOOl and O'OOl of an inch ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Anum- ber of cyano-derivatives have been obtained by distilling mixtures of potassic cyanide with the potassic salts of the sulpho-acids, derived from the ..."

3. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"When heated with potassium cyanide, the mono-haloid acids yield cyano- acids : CH2C1 - COOK + KCN = KC1 + CN - CH2 - COOK. ..."

4. Sewage-analysis: A Practical Treatise on the Examination of Sewage and by James Alfred Wanklyn, William John Cooper (1905)
"We are following up this experiment, and hope to make new and rare metallic acids. PRODUCTS OF THE OXIDATION OF WOOL— cyano-PROPIONIC ACID. ..."

5. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"Daguerreotype, 869. Preparation of sensitive paper from salts of silver, 871—874. Jetton of spectrum on, 875. Process for fixing, 876. cyano- ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Methyl Cyanide CHj—CN cyano Methane When methyl iodide is treated with potassium cyanide a compound with the composition ..."

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