diaminomaleonitrile
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organic compound (C₄H₄N₄) used in the synthesis of several heterocyclic compounds.
Example Sentences
- "Several nitrogen heterocycles, including imidazoles,¹⁻³ pyrazines,⁴ and diazepines,^(1, 3) have been prepared from diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN, 1), the tetramer of hydrogen cyanide."
- "The UV/Vis absorption spectra of the N,N′-disubstituted diaminomaleonitriles 1, 2 (Figure 1) and 3 (Figure S1 in the Supporting Information) in THF/H2O mixtures (1:1 v/v) show a charge transfer (CT) band of the push-pull diaminomaleonitrile electron system in the range of 280–350 nm."
- "Diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN), a stable tetramer of HCN, has long been renowned as a precursor for the formation of nucleobases."