Term Name: cyanohydrin
Synonyms: Cyanohydrin, cyanohydrins
Definition: An alpha-hydroxynitrile resulting from the formal addition of hydrogen cyanide to the C=O bond of an aldehyde or ketone.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:23437]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: alpha-hydroxynitrile
has subtype: (2R)-2-(furan-2-yl)-2-hydroxyacetonitrile (2R)-2-hydroxy-2-(thiophen-2-yl)acetonitrile (2S)-2-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-hydroxyacetonitrile (2S)-2-(furan-3-yl)-2-hydroxyacetonitrile (2S)-2-cyclohexyl-2-hydroxyacetonitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylpentanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-(2-methoxyphenyl)acetonitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)acetonitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetonitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-(thiophen-3-yl)acetonitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3,3-dimethylbutanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-methylheptanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-methylhexanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpentanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-phenylpropanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxybut-3-enenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxybutanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxydecanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxyheptanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxyhexanenitrile (2S)-2-hydroxypentanenitrile (2S,3E)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbut-3-enenitrile (2S,3E)-2-hydroxyhept-3-enenitrile (2S,3E)-2-hydroxypent-3-enenitrile 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutanenitrile 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile 3,4-Dihydroxymandelonitrile aromatic (S)-hydroxynitrile disubstituted aliphatic (S)-cyanohydrin glycolonitrile mandelonitrile monosubstituted aliphatic (S)-cyanohydrin