Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a class of organic compounds isomeric with the nitriles and cyanides, containing the univalent group NC. They are also called
isocyanides and, less correctly, carbylamines, and are distinguished by their highly objectionable odor.
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- noun obsolete, chemistry
isocyanide
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On prolonged boiling, supersaturation with strong potassa in excess, heating and adding a few drops of chloroform, no isonitrile should be formed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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