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Cyanide

Cyanides are chemical compounds containing the cyano group, which is a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom. Inorganic cyanides like sodium cyanide contain the negatively charged cyanide ion that makes them highly toxic salts of hydrocyanic acid. Organic cyanides called nitriles also contain the cyano group, but it is bonded to a carbon-containing group like methyl cyanide.

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Cyanide

Cyanides are chemical compounds containing the cyano group, which is a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom. Inorganic cyanides like sodium cyanide contain the negatively charged cyanide ion that makes them highly toxic salts of hydrocyanic acid. Organic cyanides called nitriles also contain the cyano group, but it is bonded to a carbon-containing group like methyl cyanide.

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cyanide

A cyanide is any chemical compound that contains monovalent combining group CN. This group, known as
the cyano group, consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.[1]
In inorganic cyanides, such as sodium cyanide, NaCN, this group is present as the negatively
charged polyatomiccyanide ion (CN); these compounds, which are regarded as salts of hydrocyanic acid,
are highly toxic. The cyanide ion is isoelectronic with carbon monoxide and with molecular nitrogen.[2][3] Most
cyanides are highly toxic.[4]
Organic cyanides are usually called nitriles; in these, the CN group is linked by a covalent bond to a carboncontaining group, such as methyl (CH3) in methyl cyanide (acetonitrile).

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