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  1. cyanic acidnoun

    a colorless poisonous volatile liquid acid that hydrolyzes readily to ammonia and carbon dioxide

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  1. cyanic acidnoun

    An unstable, highly volatile, poisonous acid, HOCN, used to preapre cyanates; hydrolyzes in water to give ammonia and carbon dioxide

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  1. cyanic acid

    Isocyanic acid is a chemical compound with the structural formula HNCO, which is often written as H−N=C=O. It is a colourless, volatile and poisonous substance, with a boiling point of 23.5 °C. It is the predominant tautomer and an isomer of cyanic acid (aka. hypocyanous acid) (H−O−C≡N). The derived anion of isocyanic acid is the same as the derived anion of cyanic acid, and that anion is [N=C=O]−, which is called cyanate. The related functional group −N=C=O is isocyanate; it is distinct from cyanate (−O−C≡N), fulminate (−O−N+≡C−), and nitrile oxide (−C≡N+−O−).Isocyanic acid was discovered in 1830 by Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler.Isocyanic acid is the simplest stable chemical compound that contains carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, the four most commonly found elements in organic chemistry and biology. It is the only fairly stable one of the four linear isomers with molecular formula HOCN that have been synthesized, the others being cyanic acid (cyanol, H−O−C≡N) and the elusive fulminic acid (H−C≡N+−O−) and isofulminic acid H−O−N+≡C−.

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  1. cyanic acid

    Cyanic acid is a molecule consisting of one carbon atom, one hydrogen atom, one nitrogen atom, and one oxygen atom. Its chemical formula is HOCN. It is a colorless and volatile liquid that readily decomposes to carbon dioxide (CO2) and ammonia (NH3). In its pure form, it is unstable. Its salts and esters, referred to as cyanates, are however, quite stable. It is mainly used in the production of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and dyes.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cyanic acid in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cyanic acid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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