Potassium cyanide is widely applied in organic synthesis for the synthesis of many organic compounds, for example in the synthesis of hydantoins, spiro heterocycles, nitriles, carboxylic acids, cyanohydrins and in von richter reaction. It is employed in gold mining, electroplating, and as a reagent in protein characterization.
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Applications
Potassium cyanide is widely applied in organic synthesis for the synthesis of many organic compounds, for example in the synthesis of hydantoins, spiro heterocycles, nitriles, carboxylic acids, cyanohydrins and in von richter reaction. It is employed in gold mining, electroplating, and as a reagent in protein characterization.
Solubility
Highly soluble in water. Soluble in methanol, glycerol, and formamide. Slightly soluble in ethanol.
Notes
Deliquescent solid. Store in airtight containers. Incompatible with acids.
RUO – Research Use Only
For crown-ether promoted cyanation reactions and formation of a 1:1 crown-ether complex, see 18-Crown-6, A11249. For cyanation of alkyl halides using phase-transfer catalysis without solvent, see: Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 124 (1986). See also Sodium cyanide, L13278._x000D_
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