Ethyl, Cy′anate of

C 2 H 5 CNO Syn. Cyanic ether , Cyanate of oxide of ethyl . Prep. By distilling a dry mixture of cyanate of pota a and sulphovinate of pota a in nearly equivalent proportions. A mixture of cyanic and cyanuric ethers pa es over into the receiver. By distilling this mixture the two are readily separated; that which pa es over by the heat of a water bath being the first, and the residuum in the retort the second. Prop., . An ethereal, very mobile liquid, boiling at 140° Fahr.