151-50-8 POTASSIUM CYANIDE FOR DUMMIES

Potassium cyanide (KCN) was an important source of alkali metal cyanides before the invention with the Castner method. It absolutely was made by the decomposition of potassium ferrocyanide. The reaction is as follows:Molten KOH is used to displace halides and other leaving teams. The response is very handy for aromatic reagents to give the correspo