Flashcards: Cyanides

Zyklon B (German pronunciation: [tsykloːn ˈbeː]; anglicized /ˈzaɪklɒn ˈbiː/ or translated Cyclone B) was the trade name of a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920s.

Mercury(II) cyanide, also known as mercuric cyanide, is a coordination compound of nitrogen, carbon and mercury.

Palladium(II) cyanides are chemical species with the empirical formula Pd(CN)n(2-n)−.

Potassium cyanide is a compound with the formula KCN.

Zinc cyanide is the inorganic compound with the formula Zn(CN)2.

Cyanogen iodide or iodine cyanide (ICN) is a pseudohalogen composed of iodine and the cyanide group.

Cobalt(II) cyanide is the inorganic compound with the formula Co(CN)2.

Potassium ferricyanide is the chemical compound with the formula K3[Fe(CN)6].

Sodium cyanide is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCN.

Cadmium cyanide is an inorganic compound with the formula Cd(CN)2.

Cyanogen chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula NCCl.

Silver cyanide is the chemical compound with the formula AgCN.

Copper(I) cyanide is an inorganic compound with the formula CuCN.

Potassium argentocyanide is a white solid used in silver plating, as a bactericide, and in the manufacture of antiseptics.

Barium cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula Ba(CN)2.

Ferricyanide is the anion [Fe(CN)6]3−.

Ammonium cyanide is an unstable inorganic compound with the formula NH4CN.

Calcium cyanide also known as black cyanide, is an inorganic compound with the formula Ca(CN)2.

Cyanogen is the chemical compound with the formula (CN)2.

Potassium ferrocyanide is the inorganic compound with formula K4[Fe(CN)6] · 3H2O.

Lithium cyanide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula LiCN.

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), sometimes called prussic acid, is an organic compound with the chemical formula HCN.

Krogmann's salt is a mixed-valence square planar coordination complex of platinum and cyanide bonded through linear platinum metal chains, sometimes described as molecular wires.

Sodium ferrocyanide is the sodium salt of the coordination compound of formula [Fe(CN)6]4−.

Sodium nitroprusside is an inorganic compound with the formula Na2[Fe(CN)5NO], usually encountered as the dihydrate, Na2[Fe(CN)5NO]·2H2O.

Cyanogen fluoride is an inorganic compound of carbon, nitrogen, and fluorine.

Cyclopropyl cyanide is the smallest carbon ring molecule with a cyanide group attached to it.

Cyanide poisoning occurs when a living organism is exposed to a compound that produces cyanide ions (CN−) when dissolved in water.

The cyano radical is a radical with molecular formula ·CN.

Cyanogen bromide is a pseudohalogen compound with the formula (CN)Br, also met as BrCN.

Prussian blue is a dark blue pigment with the idealized chemical formula Fe7(CN)18.

Diethylaluminum cyanide ("Nagata's reagent") is the organoaluminum compound with formula ((C2H5)2AlCN)n.