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hydrogen cyanide

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Also known as hydrocyanic acid, Formonitrile, Prussic acid, [CHN], HCN, methanenitrile

chemical compound

AI overview

Hydrogen cyanide is a poisonous chemical compound made of hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen atoms bonded together. It matters because it has industrial uses in manufacturing but is also dangerous to human health, making it an important substance to handle carefully and understand for safety reasons.

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Chemical data

Formula
CHN
Molecular weight
27.025 g/mol
IUPAC name
formonitrile
SMILES
C#N
InChIKey
LELOWRISYMNNSU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
0.1
Polar surface area
23.8 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
1
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

Names

IUPAC name Formonitrile

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hydrogen cyanide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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