Cyanates

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002807",
  "term": "Cyanates",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Salts and esters of cyanic acid, HO-C≡N, the organic esters carrying the group -O-C≡N, in which an oxygen atom links an organic group to the carbon of a cyano group. Potassium cyanate, KOCN, and phenyl cyanate, PhOCN, are examples. Organic cyanates are isomers of the isocyanates, R-N=C=O, and some, such as allyl cyanates, rearrange to them.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "esters",
    "isocyanates"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1329 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/cyanates/"
}