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hydrocyanation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dro-cya-na-tion
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any reaction in which the elements of hydrogen cyanide are added to a molecule, especially across a double bond.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hydro- + cyanation.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydrocyanations (plural)

Questions

What does hydrocyanation mean?
Any reaction in which the elements of hydrogen cyanide are added to a molecule, especially across a double bond.
Where does hydrocyanation come from?
From hydro- + cyanation.

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