fulminates

  1. Compounds having the structure RON=C:. So called because fulminic acid (actually HC≡N+–O formonitrile oxide) was previously considered to be HON=C:.
  2. Salts of fulminic acid, e.g. Na+[–C≡N+O].
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1336