IUPAC definition : Compounds having the structure RC N; thus i C /i -substituted derivatives of hydrocyanic
acid, HC N. In systematic nomenclature, the suffix nitrile denotes the triply bound
N atom, not the carbon atom attached to it.;
Compounds having the structure RC N; thus i C /i -substituted derivatives of hydrocyanic
acid, HC N. In systematic nomenclature, the suffix nitrile denotes the triply bound
N atom, not the carbon atom attached to it.