A cyanogen halide is a molecule consisting of cyanide and a halogen. Cyanogen halides are chemically classified as pseudohalogens.
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cyanogen halide — ▪ chemical compound any of a group of colourless, volatile, chemically reactive, lacrimatory (tear producing), highly poisonous compounds, the molecules of which contain the cyano group ( CN) linked to one of the halogen elements (fluorine … Universalium
nitride — /nuy truyd, trid/, n. Chem. a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen. [1840 50; NITR + IDE] * * * ▪ chemical compound Introduction any of a class of chemical compounds in which nitrogen is… … Universalium
Cyanide — This article is about the class of chemical compounds. For other uses, see Cyanide (disambiguation). The cyanide ion, CN−. From the top: 1. Valence bond structure 2. Space filling model 3. Electrostatic potential surface 4. Carbon lone pair… … Wikipedia
Copper(I) cyanide — IUPAC name Copper(I) cyanide … Wikipedia
Pseudohalogen — Pseudohalogens are binary inorganic compounds of the general form XY, where X is a cyanide, cyanate, thiocyanate etc. group and Y is any of X, or a true halogen. Not all combinations are known to be stable. Examples include cyanogen, (CN)2, and… … Wikipedia
Amine — For other uses, see Amine (disambiguation). Primary amine Secondary amine Tertiary amine … Wikipedia
Carbon — (), but as most compounds with multiple single bonded oxygens on a single carbon it is unstable.] Cyanide (CN–), has a similar structure, but behaves much like a halide ion (pseudohalogen). For example it can form the nitride cyanogen molecule… … Wikipedia
Chlorine — This article is about the chemical element. For the bleach, see Sodium hypochlorite. For the upcoming film, see Chlorine (film). sulfur ← chlorine → argon F ↑ Cl ↓ Br … Wikipedia
Phosgene — Not to be confused with phosphine, oxalyl chloride, or phosgene oxime. Phosgene[1] … Wikipedia
Dichlorocarbene — Dichlorocarbene … Wikipedia
