acrylonitrile

English

Noun

acrylonitrile (countable and uncountable, plural acrylonitriles)

1. (organic chemistry) 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.
   • 2017 July 28, Mareen Y. Palmer, “ALMA detection and astrobiological potential of vinyl cyanide on Titan”, in Science Advances‎^[1], volume 3, number 7:

     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).

Synonyms

• vinyl cyanide
• propenenitrile

Derived terms

• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• acrylonitrilic
• polyacrylonitrile

 

Translations

toxic colourless liquid

• Finnish: akryylinitriili
• Greek: ακρυλονιτρίλιο (el) n (akrylonitrílio)
• Irish: aicrilinítríl f
• Italian: acrilonitrile
• Polish: akrylonitryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: acrilonitrila f, acrilonitrilo m
• Spanish: acrilonitrilo m