A chemical compound containing the group CN-NH2, related to cyanamide; used in organic synthesis and some industrial processes.
From cyano- + -amide (suffix for compounds with the CN-NH2 group). This term emerged as chemists classified variations of cyanide compounds with nitrogen groups.
Cyanimide is to cyanide what a cousin is to a sibling—closely related chemically but with subtly different properties that make it useful for different industrial applications that cyanide can't do.
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