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Definition of Nitril

1. Noun. Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN.

Definition of Nitril

1. nitrile [n -S] - See also: nitrile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitril

Literary usage of Nitril

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

1. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1916)
"THE ACETO-nitril TEST OF EEID HUNT It was in the effort to develop a quick and satisfactory method for comparing the physiological activity of different ..."

2. Text-book of Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Elias Hudson Bartley (1899)
"Nascent H converts them into amins (see Aceto-nitril, Methyl-cyanide). ... tied to the CH3 group in the iso-nitril. The iso-nitrils, therefore, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"Starting with horno-anthranilic nitril a series of the aliphatic and aromatic acyl derivatives were made. In the case of the aliphatic derivatives, ..."

4. Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Substances; a Handbook of the Most by Atherton Seidell (1911)
"The solubility of succinic nitril in water and also in aqueous sodium chloride solutions at various temperatures has been determined by ..."

5. Text-book of medical and pharmaceutical chemistry by Elias Hudson Bartley (1909)
"A nitril is a cyanide of a hydrocarbon radical in which the radical is attached to the carbon atom of the CX' group, and in which the X is triad. ..."

6. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"The mixture of nitril and diluted acid is then heated in connection with a reversed condenser, and the acid distilled off. The aqueous acid obtained by one ..."

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