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Metabolite IDPAMDB000438
Identification
Name: Cyanide
Description:A cyanide is any chemical compound that contains the cyano group (CN). The metabolism of cyanide in bacteria involves a dioxygenase enzyme that converted cyanide directly to ammonia, without the formation of cyanate.
Structure
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Synonyms:
  • Carbon nitride ion
  • Chuck Norrisium
  • CN-
  • Cyanide
  • Cyanide ion
  • Cyanide(1-) ion
  • Cyano
  • Cyanure
  • Isocyanide
  • Prussiate
  • Prussiic acid
Chemical Formula: CHN
Average Molecular Weight: 27.0253
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight: 27.010899037
InChI Key: ATBDVLSINHAXGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/CHN/c1-2/h1H/q-1
CAS number: 57-12-5
IUPAC Name:iminomethanide
Traditional IUPAC Name: cyanide
SMILES:C#[N-]
Chemical Taxonomy
Taxonomy DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as homogeneous other non-metal compounds. These are inorganic non-metallic compounds in which the largest atom belongs to the class of 'other nonmetals'.
Kingdom Inorganic compounds
Super ClassHomogeneous non-metal compounds
Class Homogeneous other non-metal compounds
Sub ClassNot Available
Direct Parent Homogeneous other non-metal compounds
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Homogeneous other non metal
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular Framework Aliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Physical Properties
State: Solid
Charge:0
Melting point: Not Available
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility42.7 mg/mLALOGPS
logP-0.79ALOGPS
logP-0.35ChemAxon
logS-0.01ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)9.5ChemAxon
Physiological Charge0ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count0ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area23.79 Å2ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count0ChemAxon
Refractivity15.81 m3·mol-1ChemAxon
Polarizability2.07 Å3ChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
Bioavailability1ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations: Cytoplasm
Reactions:
Pathways:
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-004i-9000000000-b7e2f3db2c304f3f867cView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-004i-9000000000-b7e2f3db2c304f3f867cView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-004i-9000000000-b7e2f3db2c304f3f867cView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-00di-9000000000-942fe3a10b9db9c713bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-00di-9000000000-942fe3a10b9db9c713bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-00di-9000000000-942fe3a10b9db9c713bdView in MoNA
References
References:
  • Kanehisa, M., Goto, S., Sato, Y., Furumichi, M., Tanabe, M. (2012). "KEGG for integration and interpretation of large-scale molecular data sets." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D109-D114. Pubmed: 22080510
  • Keseler, I. M., Collado-Vides, J., Santos-Zavaleta, A., Peralta-Gil, M., Gama-Castro, S., Muniz-Rascado, L., Bonavides-Martinez, C., Paley, S., Krummenacker, M., Altman, T., Kaipa, P., Spaulding, A., Pacheco, J., Latendresse, M., Fulcher, C., Sarker, M., Shearer, A. G., Mackie, A., Paulsen, I., Gunsalus, R. P., Karp, P. D. (2011). "EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology." Nucleic Acids Res 39:D583-D590. Pubmed: 21097882
Synthesis Reference: Furuki, Masakazu; Moriguchi, Yuzo; Akakabe, Tethuro; Kitamura, Hiroyuki. Cyanide production with excess sludge incineration. Hyogo-kenritsu Kogai Kenkyusho Kenkyu Hokoku (1974), 6 31-5.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Not Available
External Links:
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CHEBI ID17514
HMDB IDHMDB02084
Pubchem Compound ID5975
Kegg IDC00177
ChemSpider ID5755
WikipediaCyanide
BioCyc IDCPD-13584
EcoCyc IDCPD-13584