isocyanic acid

isocyanic acid
noun
an acid known only in the form of its esters
Hypernyms: ↑acid

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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary is- + cyanic acid
: cyanic acid regarded as having the formula HNCO and usually prepared (as by the reaction of phosgene with the salt of a primary amine) in the form of esters of which some are used in making polyurethans and other resins, plastics, foams, and adhesives

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/uy"soh suy an"ik, uy'soh-/, Chem.
an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
[1890-95; ISO- + CYANIC ACID]

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