cyanate
Speech parts
1. cyanate - Noun
2. cyanate - Verb
Meaning
A salt of cyanic acid.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
thiocyanate
cyanic acid
isocyanic acid
thiocyanic acid
sulphocyanate
isocyanate
isothiocyanate
thiourea
thiocyanogen
thiocarbamate
thiocarboxylic acid
thiocyanogen bromide
thiocyanogen chloride
thiourethane
Examples
Isocyanides have the connectivity R-N≡C, lacking the oxygen of the cyanate groups.
See also * Wöhler urea synthesis Notes Wöhler's statement "Ammonium cyanate is urea" is incorrect.
Wöhler also prepared urea, a constituent of urine, from ammonium cyanate in the laboratory without the help of a living cell.