vinyl cyanide

English

Noun

vinyl cyanide (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The compound acrylonitrile.
   • 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).