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isocyanide

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isocyanide [¦ī·sō′sī·ə‚nīd]
(organic chemistry)
A compound with the general formula RN≡C in which the hydrogen of a hydrocarbon has been replaced by the ‒N≡C group.


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The chemistry of the isocyanides began in 1859 when Lieke had prepared allyl isocyanide as the first isocyanide [1].
When subjected to these nucleophilic and basic constituents, the cyano group of HNBR may be converted to an isocyanide or isonitrile ion as shown in figure 1[refs.
Irvine of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and his col- laborators report their detection in Hyakutake of two related organic com- pounds-hydrogen isocyanide and hydrogen cyanide.
 
 
 
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