nitriles

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Compounds having the structure RC≡N; thus C-substituted derivatives of hydrocyanic acid, HC≡N. In systematic nomenclature, the suffix nitrile denotes the triply bound ≡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, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04151 RIS BibTex EndNote
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