Nitrile
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Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one ofthose cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids oralkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of thenitrogen as ammonia.
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An organic compound containing a cyanide group —CN bound to an alkyl group.
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