Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyanopropyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cyanopropyl
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a propyl radical is replaced by cyanide e.g. N≡C-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-

Example Sentences

"Gas chromatography was performed using a Varian 3400CX chromatograph fitted with a WCOT fused silica capillary column of 100 m x 0.25 mm x 0.20 μm, coated with polar highly substituted cyanopropyl CP-SIL 88 phase, as described in detail [24 ]."

Etymology

From cyano- + propyl.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cyano

Inflected Forms

cyanopropyls (plural)

Questions

What does cyanopropyl mean?: Any of three isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a propyl radical is replaced by cyanide e.g. N≡C-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-
Where does cyanopropyl come from?: From cyano- + propyl.

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