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Reactivity Documentation

Aldehydes

mixed with

Cyanides, Inorganic

Summary

Details

Aldehydes is a reactive group.
Cyanides, Inorganic is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Aldehydes mixed with
Cyanides, Inorganic

Hazard Predictions

The reaction between HCN and acetaldehyde is known to be violent (MCA Safety Datasheet 43, Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Washington, 1952).

Aldehydes react with HCN to form cyanohydrins (Kohlpaintner, C., M. Schulte, J. Falbe, P. Lappe, and J. Weber. 2002. Aldehydes, Aliphatic and Araliphatic. In Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA. (Online)). Formaldehyde cyanohydrin is known to be highly toxic by multiple routes (Reuss, G., W. Disteldorf, A.O. Gamer, and A. Hilt. 2002. Formaldehyde. In Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (Online)).