noun
- Plural of cyanate; salts or esters of cyanic acid, containing the group -OCN.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Cyanates are important compounds in organic synthesis.
- The laboratory prepared several cyanates for the polymerization experiment.
- Isocyanates and cyanates are distinct functional groups in chemistry.
- Cyanates can react with amines to form useful polymeric materials.