Cyancarbonic

/ˌsaɪ.ən.kɑːrˈbɒn.ɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or describing compounds that contain both cyanide and carbonic acid components or functional groups.

Etymology

From cyan- (cyanide) + carbonic (from carbon + -ic, relating to carbon dioxide or carbonic acid). A specialized term in organic chemistry nomenclature.

Kelly Says

The prefix cyano- appears in thousands of chemical terms—cyanoacetic, cyanbenzyl, cyancarbonic—and it's become almost a building block that chemists use like Lego pieces to construct the names of new synthetic compounds.

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