Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word CYANO
CYANO
Definitions of CYANO
- (chemistry, especially in combination) a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using CYANO in a Sentence
- The name is also used for the CN radical, and hence is used for compounds such as cyanogen bromide (NCBr) (but see also Cyano radical).
- In organic chemistry, a cyanohydrin or hydroxynitrile is a functional group found in organic compounds in which a cyano and a hydroxy group are attached to the same carbon atom.
- The cyano in the term cyanobacteria refers to its colour, not to its relation to cyanides, though cyanobacteria can catabolize hydrogen cyanide during nitrogen fixation.
- In this general Michael addition scheme, either or both of R and R' on the nucleophile (the Michael donor) represent electron-withdrawing substituents such as acyl, cyano, nitro, or sulfone groups, which make the adjacent methylene hydrogen acidic enough to form a carbanion when reacted with the base, B:.
- This is followed by ring closure via nucleophilic attack on the cyano group, after which the imidate intermediate is rearomatized.
- In order to allow efficient magnetic, metal ions should be bridged by small ligands allowing for short metal-metal contacts (such as oxo, cyano, and azido bridges).
- It is possible to use benzoyl chloride but the yields and regioselectivity of the addition of the cyano group are lower.
- In contrast, cyanoborohydride is a weaker reductant owing to the electron-withdrawing cyano substituent.
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