cyanogen
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See also: Cyanogen
Etymology
From cyano- + -gen; compare French cyanogène. So called because it produced blue dyes.
Pronunciation
Noun
cyanogen (countable and uncountable, plural cyanogens)
- (organic chemistry) The pseudohalogen (CN)2; a colorless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare.
- Synonyms: ethanedinitrile, oxalonitrile, dicyanogen, nitriloacetonitrile
- (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry) The radical -CN.
Derived terms
Translations
organic compound
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