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OverviewAI-generated
Sodium cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula CNNa. It has a density of 1.60 and a mass of 48.993. The substance melts at 1047 and boils at 2725. Its vapor pressure is 0, and it exhibits a solubility of 58.
Safety guidelines for sodium cyanide specify a time-weighted average exposure limit of 5 and a ceiling exposure limit of 5. The level immediately dangerous to life or health is set at 25. According to PubChem data, the compound has a weight of 49.007, a topological polar surface area of 23.8, and two hydrogen bond acceptors.
Literature on sodium cyanide includes 3882 entries in PubMed. The subject is referenced by 539 other encyclopedia articles.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- CNNa
- Molecular weight
- 49.007 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sodium cyanide
- SMILES
- [C-]#N.[Na+]
- InChIKey
- MNWBNISUBARLIT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 23.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
3,882 papers- Rapid sodium cyanide depletion in cell culture media: outgassing of hydrogen cyanide at physiological pH.Analytical biochemistry · 2005
- Occupational cyanide poisoning.BMJ case reports · 2011
- Cyanide intoxication in sheep: enhancement of efficacy of sodium nitrite, sodium thiosulfate, and cobaltous chloride.American journal of veterinary research · 1979
- [Sodium cyanide burns].Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 1950
- Behavioral toxicity of sodium cyanide following oral ingestion in rats: Dose-dependent onset, severity, survival, and recovery.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2018
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Encyclopedic overview
Sodium cyanide is a compound with the formula NaCN and the structure Na C≡N. It is a white, water-soluble solid. Cyanide has a high affinity for metals, which leads to the high toxicity of this salt. Its main application, in gold mining, also exploits its high reactivity toward metals. It is a moderately strong base.
Production and chemical properties
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sodium cyanide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.