Term: nitrile ylides
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04153

Definition:
1,3-dipolar compounds having the structure: N04153-1.png The uncharged canonical form N04153-2.png is called an alkylidene- (or hydrocarbylidene-) amino carbene; the name iminyl carbene is incorrect because iminyl is not a recognized prefix for –N=CR2.

Related Terms:
1) carbenes (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C00806).
2) dipolar compounds (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01753).
3) canonical form (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01309).

Images:
1) Not defined (https://goldbook.iupac.org/img/inline/N04153-1.png) 
2) Not defined (https://goldbook.iupac.org/img/inline/N04153-2.png) 

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1351 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

Citation: 'nitrile ylides' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04153

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