cyanic acid

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. an unstable, poisonous, liquid acid, HOCN, isomeric with fulminic acid.

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cyanic acid British  

/ saɪˈænɪk /

noun

1. a colourless poisonous volatile liquid acid that hydrolyses readily to ammonia and carbon dioxide. Formula: HOCN Compare isocyanic acid fulminic acid

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cyanic acid Scientific  

/ sī-ăn′ĭk /

1. A poisonous, unstable, and highly volatile organic acid used to prepare cyanates. Chemical formula: HOCN.

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Etymology

Origin of cyanic acid

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Substituted ammonias were also made to combine with cyanic acid, and it was found that the substituted ammonium cyanates produced pass much more readily into the corresponding ureas than ammonium cyanate itself.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

And, again inversely, cyamelide can be converted into cyanuric acid and hydrated cyanic acid.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von

Cyanogen chloride, CNCl, may be regarded as the chloride of cyanic acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Hydrated cyanic acid is a volatile and highly blistering fluid, which cannot be brought into contact with water without being instantaneously decomposed.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von

In cyanuric acid, hydrated cyanic acid, and cyamelide, we have three such isomeric compounds.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von