Cyanoacetylene is an
organic compound with formula or . It is the simplest
cyanopolyyne
In organic chemistry, cyanopolyynes are a family of organic compounds with the chemical formula (''n'' = 3,5,7,…) and the structural formula (''n'' = 1,2,3,…). Structurally, they are polyynes with a cyano group () cov ...
. Cyanoacetylene has been detected by
spectroscopic methods
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in
interstellar clouds, in the
coma
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of
comet Hale–Bopp and in the atmosphere of
Saturn
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's moon
Titan
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, where it sometimes forms expansive fog-like clouds.
Cyanoacetylene is one of the molecules that was produced in the
Miller–Urey experiment.
:
H-C#C-H + H-C#N -> H-C#C-C#N + H2
See also
*
Dicyanoacetylene, N≡C−C≡C−C≡N
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Diacetylene
Diacetylene (also known as butadiyne) is the organic compound with the formula C4H2. It is the simplest compound containing two triple bonds. It is first in the series of polyynes, which are of theoretical but not of practical interest.
Occurr ...
, H−C≡C−C≡C−H
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Cyanogen, N≡C−C≡N
*
Hydrocyanic acid, H−C≡N
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Polyyne
In organic chemistry, a polyyne () is any organic compound with alternating single and triple bonds; that is, a series of consecutive alkynes, with ''n'' greater than 1. These compounds are also called polyacetylenes, especially in the natural p ...
, R−(C≡C)
''n''−R
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Alkyne derivatives
Conjugated nitriles