CHEBI:18407 - hydrogen cyanide

ChEBI IDCHEBI:18407
ChEBI Namehydrogen cyanide
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DefinitionA one-carbon compound consisting of a methine group triple bonded to a nitrogen atom
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5786, CHEBI:13362
Last Modified26 May 2016
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FormulaCHN
Net Charge0
Average Mass27.026
Monoisotopic Mass27.01090
SMILESC#N
InChIInChI=1S/CHN/c1-2/h1H
InChIKeyLELOWRISYMNNSU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
poison  Any substance that causes disturbance to organisms by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by the organism.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) has role poison (CHEBI:64909)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) is a hydracid (CHEBI:33405)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) is a one-carbon compound (CHEBI:64708)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) is conjugate acid of cyanide (CHEBI:17514)
hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407) is tautomer of hydrogen isocyanide (CHEBI:36856)
Incoming Relation(s)
cyanyl (CHEBI:29306) has functional parent hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407)
cyanides (CHEBI:23424) has parent hydride hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407)
cyanide (CHEBI:17514) is conjugate base of hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407)
cyano group (CHEBI:48819) is substituent group from hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407)
hydrogen isocyanide (CHEBI:36856) is tautomer of hydrogen cyanide (CHEBI:18407)
IUPAC Names 
hydrogen(nitridocarbonate)
hydridonitridocarbon
methanenitrile
Synonyms  Source
Hydrogen cyanideKEGG COMPOUND
HCNKEGG COMPOUND
hydrogen cyanideIUPAC
formonitrileIUPAC
[CHN]IUPAC
hydrocyanic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
UniProt Name  Source
hydrogen cyanideUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01326KEGG COMPOUND
C00007569KNApSAcK
HMDB0060292HMDB
HCNMetaCyc
Hydrogen_cyanideWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1718793Reaxys
CAS:74-90-8ChemIDplus
CAS:74-90-8NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:74-90-8KEGG COMPOUND
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