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Definition of Cyano group
1. Noun. The monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound.
Generic synonyms: Chemical Group, Group, Radical
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyano Group
Literary usage of Cyano group
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of the Diazo-compounds by John Cannell Cain (1908)
"Replacement of the diazo-group by the cyano-group.— This is effected by adding
potassium cyanate to a diazo- sulphate and treating the mixture with copper ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Since the cyano group is more shielding than the acetoxy along its axis, but more
deshielding perpendicular to its axis,8'9 9 would be expected on both ..."
3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"The sulpho-group can be replaced by the hydroxyl-group and the cyano-group (292
and 311). IV. MONOHYDRIC PHENOLS. 292. The phenols arc compounds derived ..."
4. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"Although the interpretation of this conversion as involving the formation of
oxalic acid from the cyano group proved to be incorrect, the reaction itself ..."
5. Stereochemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1907)
"... icts like an ortho-substituted nitrile ; while those compounds which the
cyano-group is shut in between two ortho- ..."
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