benzonitrile

English

Etymology

From benzo- +‎ nitrile. Discovered and named by Hermann Fehling in 1844. This was the first compound to be named ending in "nitrile" which then became the suffix for other compounds with a similar group.

Noun

benzonitrile (plural benzonitriles)

  1. (organic chemistry) The aromatic nitrile C6H5-CN; it is used as a solvent and has many industrial applications

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