Chem. [f. SULPHO- + CYANOGEN.] A compound of sulphur and cyanogen, (CN)2S, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder.
1841. Brande, Chem. (ed. 5), 572.
1878. Kingzett, Anim. Chem., 49. The presence of sulphocyanogen in saliva is peculiar to man.
attrib. 1861. Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc., XIII. 319. If we remember in how many respects … the sulphocyanogen-compounds of ethyl and its homologues differ from those of allyl and phenyl.
