cyanide (CHEBI:17514)

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ChEBI Name	cyanide

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17514

Definition	A pseudohalide anion that is the conjugate base of hydrogen cyanide.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:41780, CHEBI:3969, CHEBI:14038

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Formula

Net Charge

-1

Average Mass

26.01740

Monoisotopic Mass

26.00362

InChI

InChI=1S/CN/c1-2/q-1

InChIKey

XFXPMWWXUTWYJX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

[C-]#N

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	EC 1.9.3.1 (cytochrome c oxidase) inhibitor An EC 1.9.3.* (oxidoreductase acting on donor heme group, oxygen as acceptor) inhibitor that interferes with the action of cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1).

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	cyanide (CHEBI:17514) has role EC 1.9.3.1 (cytochrome c oxidase) inhibitor (CHEBI:38500) cyanide (CHEBI:17514) is a pseudohalide anion (CHEBI:36828) cyanide (CHEBI:17514) is conjugate base of hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) cyanide (CHEBI:17514) is conjugate base of hydrogen isocyanide (CHEBI:36856)

Incoming	cyanide salt (CHEBI:36572) has part cyanide (CHEBI:17514) hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) is conjugate acid of cyanide (CHEBI:17514) hydrogen isocyanide (CHEBI:36856) is conjugate acid of cyanide (CHEBI:17514)

IUPAC Names

cyanide

nitridocarbonate(1−)

Last Modified

15 January 2019