cyanogen

/sahy-an-uh-juhn, -jen/US // saɪˈæn ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn //UK // (saɪˈænədʒɪn) //

氰化物,氰甙,氰化物公司,氰化氢

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a colorless, poisonous, flammable, water-soluble gas, C2N2, having an almondlike odor: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- : cyano group.

This is done in an alkaline solution, generally containing cyanogen and ammonia.
I may therefore distinguish two different stages of the theory—my own older autogony-hypothesis and the later cyanogen-hypothesis.
For a connected view of the various compounds of cyanogen employed in the arts, see Prussian Blue.
If cyanogen be given the chance it will take unto itself an atom of hydrogen, producing the deadly hydrocyanic or prussic acid.
Cyanogen, a compound which in combination behaved very similarly to chlorine and iodine, was isolated in 1815 by Gay Lussac.