Detected
cyano,
isocyano,
& cyanide
species

CN CH3 MgCN
cyano radical methyl cyanide magnesium cyanide
Jun 2008 Sep 2008 Sep 2009
HCN HCOCN CH2CN
hydrogen cyanide cyanoformaldehyde cyanomethyl radical
Sep 2010 Jan 2012 Feb 2012
NH2CN FeCN CH2CNCN
cyanamide iron monocyanide vinyl cyanide
Mar 2012 Jul 2012 Apr 2013
SiCN NH2CH2CN CH3CH2CN
silicon monocyanide aminoacetonitrile ethyl cyanide
Aug 2013 Mar 2015 Jun 2015
HCCN HSCN NaCN
cyanocarbene radical thiocyanic acid sodium cyanide
Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Jun 2016
CH2CCHCN HOCN SiH3CN
cyanoallene cyanic acid silyl cyanide
Sep 2013 May 2015 Mar 2018
HC3N HC5N HC7N
cyanoacetylene cyanodiacetylene cyanotriacetylene
Apr 2011 Jun 2009 Apr 2016
HC9N OCN
cyanotetraacetylene cyanate anion
Aug 2016 Oct 2004
C3N C5N C3N
cyanoethynyl radical cyanobutadiynyl radical cyanoethynyl anion
Nov 2007 Nov 2014 Nov 2013
C5N CH3C3N HC3NH+
cyanobutadiynyl radical anion cyanoproyne protonated cyanoacetylene
Jun 2018 Aug 2018 Dec 2018
CH3C5N KCN n-C3H7CN
methylcyanodiacetylene potassium cyanide n-propyl cyanide
Sep 2019 Mar 2020 Aug 2020
MgNC
magnesium isocyanide
HMgNC
hydromagnesium isocyanide
MgC3N
magnesium monocyanoacetylide
Jun 2005 Oct 2014 Feb 2021
C6H5CN
benzonitrile
CNCN
isocyanogen
iso-C3H7CN
isopropyl cyanide
May 2021 Sep 2021 Oct 2021
AlNC
aluminum isocyanide
SiNC
silicon isocyanide
HCNH+
protonated hydrogen cyanide
May 2006 May 2009 Oct 2010
HNC
hydrogen isocyanide
HC4N HCCNC
isocyanoacetylene
Jan 2011 Mar 2017 Sep 2017
HCCNH+
protonated cyanogen
CN
cyanide anion
NHCHCN
Z-cyanomethanimine
Nov 2020 Dec 2020 Nov 2021
HC11N c-C5H5CN
cyanopentaacetylene 1-cyanocylopentadiene
Feb 2014 Jan 2022
NHCHCN HC4CN HCCCH2CN
E-cyanomethanimine isocyanodiacetylene propargyl cyanide
May 2022 May 2023 Jun 2023
HCSCN NCS C2H3C3N
cyanothioformaldehyde thiocyanato radical vinylcyanoacetylene
Aug 2023 Sep 2023 Nov 2023
HOCH2CN CCN NCCP
glycolonitrile cyanomethylidyne cyanophosphaethyne
Dec 2023 Apr 2024 Aug 2024
C11H7N CH2(CN)2
1-cyanonaphthalene malononitrile
Sep 2024 Oct 2020
DETECTED CN SPECIES NOT YET FEATURED AS ASTROMOLECULE OF THE MONTH
3-cyano propargyl cyanomidyl radical cyanoacetyleneallene
magnesium cyanodiacetylide t-cyanovinylacetylene cyanovinyl radical
2-cyanocyclopentadiene cyanotriacetylene cation 2-cyanonaphthalene
protonated HC7N protonated HCCNC trans-crotononitrile
cis-crotononitrile methacrylonitrile gauche-allyl cyanide
cis-allyl cyanide 2-cyanoindene protonated dicyanoacetylene
hydrido magnesium cyanoacetylide sodium cyanoacetylide MgC3N+
MgC5N+ 1-cyano-butadiene cyanoformamide
N-cyanomethanimine cyanothioketene cyanodiacetylene cation
cyanoacetylene radical
cation
Z-maleonitrile
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