oxycyaniden.
/ˌɒksɪˈsʌɪənʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌɑksiˈsaɪəˌnaɪd/ Chemistry.
A compound containing both oxygen and cyanide; spec. a combined oxide and cyanide.
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oxycyanide1839
1839 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 129 116 The solution of this new salt (oxycyanide), as has been already stated, has a strong alkaline reaction.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 500 Oxycyanide of mercury is formed.
1926 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 110 536 Dimethylstibine cyanide readily underwent oxidation in the air, yielding the oxycyanide as a white crystalline compound.
1947 Science 28 Feb. 237/1 The proposed method consists in treating the medium to be sterilized with a bactericidal concentration of mercuric oxycyanide.
1998 Inorg. Chem. 37 4617/1 This material was obtained at very low yields as a high-temperature phase in the course of an attempt to prepare indium oxycyanide, InOCN.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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