nitriles

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Compounds having the structure $\ce{RC#N}$; thus C-substituted derivatives of hydrocyanic acid, $\ce{HC#N}$. In systematic nomenclature, the suffix nitrile denotes the triply bound $\ce{#N}$ atom, not the carbon atom attached to it.
See also: cyanides, isocyanides, carbonitriles
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1350 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'nitriles' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04151 RIS BibTex EndNote
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