Cyanamide functional group

Cyanamide is the name for a functional group with the formula where R¹ and R² can be a variety of groups. These compounds are called cyanamides. One example is naphthylcyanamide, C₁₀H₇N(CH₃)CN, which has been produced by the von Braun reaction, a general method for the conversion of tertiary amines to cyanamides using cyanogen bromide