Reactivity Documentation
Cyanides, Inorganic |
mixed with |
Aldehydes |
Summary
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Toxic: Reaction products may be toxic
Details
Cyanides, Inorganic
is a reactive group.
Aldehydes
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Aldehydes
mixed with
Cyanides, Inorganic
Cyanides, Inorganic
Hazard Predictions
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Toxic: Reaction products may be toxic
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)).