Definition of acetone cyanohydrin
: a colorless liquid (CH3)2C(OH)CN made from acetone and hydrogen cyanide and used in organic synthesis especially of esters of methacrylic acid; α-hydroxy-isobutyro-nitrile
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The first known use of acetone cyanohydrin was in 1906
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