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Adiponitrile
Adiponitrile, also called hexanedinitrile or 1,4-dicyanobutane, is an organic dinitrile made mainly by electrochemical hydrodimerization of acrylonitrile or hydrocyanation of butadiene, and hydrogenated to hexamethylenediamine for nylon 6,6.
Azobisisobutyronitrile
Azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) is an organic compound that splits into radicals and nitrogen gas on heating, used to start polymerizations and as a blowing agent for plastic foams.
Malononitrile
Malononitrile (propanedinitrile) is an organic dinitrile with two cyano groups on one carbon, a white crystalline solid used as a building block in organic synthesis.