Isocyanide

General resonance structure of an isocyanide

An isocyanide (also called isonitrile or carbylamine) is an organic compound with the functional groupN+≡C. It is the isomer of the related nitrile (–C≡N), hence the prefix is isocyano.[1] The organic fragment is connected to the isocyanide group through the nitrogen atom, not via the carbon. They are used as building blocks for the synthesis of other compounds.[2]

  1. ^ IUPAC Goldbook isocyanides
  2. ^ Patil, Pravin; Ahmadian-Moghaddam, Maryam; Dömling, Alexander (2020-09-29). "Isocyanide 2.0". Green Chemistry. 22 (20): 6902–6911. doi:10.1039/D0GC02722G. ISSN 1463-9270.