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More than 70% of cyanide consumption globally is used for this purpose. The application exploits the high affinity of gold(I) for cyanide, which induces gold metal to oxidize and dissolve in the presence of air (oxygen) and water, producing the salt sodium dicyanoaurate (or sodium gold cyanide) (NaAu(CN) 2): [4]
An older cyanide antidote kit included administration of three substances: amyl nitrite pearls (administered by inhalation), sodium nitrite, and sodium thiosulfate. The goal of the antidote was to generate a large pool of ferric iron ( Fe 3+ ) to compete for cyanide with cytochrome a 3 (so that cyanide will bind to the antidote rather than the ...
Chemical formula Synonyms CAS number C 10 H 16 N 2 O 8: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA): 6381–92–6 C 12 H 22 O 11: sucrose: 57–50–1 C 18 H 29 O 3 S: sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate: 2155–30–0
Potassium dicyanoaurate (or potassium gold cyanide) is an inorganic compound with formula K[Au 2]. It is a colorless to white solid that is soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol . The salt itself is often not isolated, but solutions of the dicyanoaurate ion ( [Au(CN) 2 ] − ) are generated on a large scale in the extraction of gold ...
Reaction of the sodium cyanoacetate with ethyl bromide in an aqueous–organic two-phase system in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst. [ 4 ] Oxidation of 3-ethoxypropionitrile, an ether , with oxygen under pressure in the presence of cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate as catalyst and N -hydroxyphthalimide as a radical generator.
In the laboratory, this compound may be prepared by treating sodium cyanide with acetone, followed by acidification: [3]. Considering the high toxicity of acetone cyanohydrin, a lab scale production has been developed using a microreactor-scale flow chemistry [4] to avoid needing to manufacture and store large quantities of the reagent.
Cyanogen is typically generated from cyanide compounds. One laboratory method entails thermal decomposition of mercuric cyanide: . 2 Hg(CN) 2 → (CN) 2 + Hg 2 (CN) 2 Or, one can combine solutions of copper(II) salts (such as copper(II) sulfate) with cyanides; an unstable copper(II) cyanide is formed which rapidly decomposes into copper(I) cyanide and cyanogen.
The main use of sodium cyanate is for steel hardening. [2] Sodium cyanate is used to produce cyanic acid, often in situ: NaOCN + HCl → HOCN + NaCl. This approach is exploited for condensation with amines to give unsymmetrical ureas: HOCN + RNH 2 → RNHC(O)NH 2. Such urea derivatives have a range of biological activity. [4]