adiponitrile
noun
ad·i·po·ni·trile
¦a-də-(ˌ)pō-ˈnī-trəl,
ˌtrēl,
-ˌtrī(-ə)l
plural -s
: the high-boiling liquid dinitrile NC(CH2)4CN of adipic acid made from 1,4-dichlorobutane and sodium cyanide and used to make the nylon intermediate hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid
called also tetramethylene cyanide
Word History
Etymology
adip- + nitrile
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined above
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