Nitrile nitrile chemical A nitrile is a chemical compound with a -C=N functional group. It smells like a fruit, and can be a type of poison. This short article about chemistry can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it. vteFunctional groupsHydrocarbons (only C and H) Alkene Vinyl Allyl 1-Propenyl Crotyl Alkyl Methyl Ethyl Propyl Butyl Pentyl Alkyne Carbene Methine Allene Benzyl Cumulene Methylene bridge Methylene group Phenyl Only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (only C, H and O)R-O-R Epoxide Ether Peroxy Organic Acetal Alkoxy Methoxy Dioxirane Ethylenedioxy Hydroxy Methylenedioxy carbonyl Aldehyde Ketone Acyl Acetyl Acryloyl Benzoyl Ynone carboxy Carboxyl Acetoxy Carboxylic anhydride Ester Orthoester Only one element, not being carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen (one element, not C, H or O)Nitrogen Amine Hydrazone Nitrate Nitrile Nitro Azo Carbamate Cyanate Imide Imine Isocyanate Isonitrile Nitrene Nitroso Nitrosooxy Amide Oxime Phosphorus Phosphonate Phosphonous Sulfur Sulfone Sulfoxide Thial Thioester Thioketone Thiol Disulfide Persulfide Sulfo Sulfonic acid Thionoester Sulfide Sulfino Sulfinyl Sulfonyl Thionyl Thiosulfinate Thiosulfonate Thioxanthate Xanthate Selenium Selenol Selenonic acid Seleninic acid Selenenic acid Selone Tellurium Tellurol Telluroketone halo Fluoroethyl Other Sulfonamide Isothiocyanate Phosphoramides Sulfenyl chloride Thiocyanate
