isocyanide

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor.

English iso-

English cyanide

English isocyanide

From iso- + cyanide.

Noun

isocyanide (plural isocyanides)

1. (organic chemistry) The isomer HN⁺C^- of hydrocyanic acid HCN.
2. (organic chemistry) Any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives RNC.

Synonyms

• isonitrile (obsolete), carbylamine (obsolete)

Derived terms

• methylisocyanide

Translations

HN⁺C^-

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 胩 (kaa¹), 異腈 / 异腈 (ji⁶ cing¹)

  Mandarin: 胩 (zh) (kǎ), 異腈 / 异腈 (zh) (yìjīng)

• Japanese: イソシアニド (isoshianido), イソニトリル (isonitoriru) (obsolete), カルビルアミン (karubiruamin) (obsolete)
• Korean: 이소시아니드 (isosianideu), 이소니트릴 (isoniteuril) (obsolete), 카르빌아민 (kareubiramin) (obsolete)

hydrocarbyl derivative