Definition of "thiocyanate" [thi•o•cy•a•nate]

• A salt or ester of thiocyanic acid. (noun)

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• "He hoped that the infrared absorbances of thiocyanate would tell us whether such bridging was taking place."
• "The Pearson theory of hard and soft ligands and metals was new and fashionable at the time, so Prof. Kline wanted me to find out if thiocyanate could simultaneously bind with its "soft" sulfur to a soft metal and its "hard" nitrogen to a hard metal, e.g. PhHg – SCN – Cr (III)."
• "My first exposure to a research environment was in a National Science Foundation-sponsored summer research program at Ohio University in 1967, where I was assigned to work in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Kline on the ambident coordination of thiocyanate (SCN –)."