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Calcium cyanide

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Calcium cyanide

Molecular formula: C2CaN2 CAS# 592-01-8
Categories: Inorganic salt
PubChem CID: 11590 | NSC 74784 | ChemSpider ID: 11102
Names
English:
Calcid
Calcium cyanide [Wiki]
Calcium cyanide (Ca(CN)2)
Calcium dicyanide(IUPAC)
Calciumcyanide (7CI,8CI)
Calcyan
Calcyanide
Caswell No. 142
Cyanide of calcium
Cyanogas
Cyanure de calcium
EINECS:209-740-0
calcium;dicyanide(IUPAC) [Wiki]

Variants of the formula:

Ca(CN)2
Ca(+2)(C(-4)N(+3))2
N%C-Ca-C%N
N\\\C^-$L(1.3)\hCa^++/hC`^-$L()///N
Elemental composition
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Reactions in which Calcium cyanide is involved

  • CaC2 + N2 "1000^oC"--> Ca(CN)2
  • {M}O + 2HCN = {M}(CN)2 + H2O , where M = Mg Ca Sr Ba
  • {M}(OH)2 + 2HCN -> {M}(CN)2 + 2H2O , where M = Mg Ca Ba Sr