Preferred Label : cyanohydrins;
IUPAC definition : alcohols substituted by a cyano group, most commonly, but not limited to, examples
having a cyano and a hydroxy group attached to the same carbon atom, formally derived
from aldehydes or ketones by the addition of hydrogen cyanide. An individual cyanohydrin
can systematically be named as a hydroxy nitrile, e.g. (CH sub 3 /sub ) sub 2 /sub
C(OH)C N 'acetone cyanohydrin' (2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile), HOCH sub 2 /sub
CH sub 2 /sub C N 'ethylene cyanohydrin' (3-hydroxypropanenitrile).;
Origin ID : C01489;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- See also
alcohols substituted by a cyano group, most commonly, but not limited to, examples
having a cyano and a hydroxy group attached to the same carbon atom, formally derived
from aldehydes or ketones by the addition of hydrogen cyanide. An individual cyanohydrin
can systematically be named as a hydroxy nitrile, e.g. (CH sub 3 /sub ) sub 2 /sub
C(OH)C N 'acetone cyanohydrin' (2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile), HOCH sub 2 /sub
CH sub 2 /sub C N 'ethylene cyanohydrin' (3-hydroxypropanenitrile).
