A chemical compound containing two cyanide groups (CN⁻) bonded to a central element or molecule.
From bi- (two) + cyanide (from French cyanide, from cyano-, meaning blue, and -ide, a chemical suffix). Describes compounds with dual cyanide functionality.
Bicyanides are used in metallurgical extraction and plating processes—they sound toxic (and some are!), but they're also in controlled-release medications and industrial catalysts because that dual-cyanide structure is chemically predictable and useful.
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