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acrylonitrile

noun

Definitions

  1. A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and…

    A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.

    • These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for acrylonitrile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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