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2D Structure
Also known as: 506-68-3, Bromine cyanide, Cyanobromide, Bromocyanide, Bromocyanogen, Bromocyan
Molecular Formula
CBrN
Molecular Weight
105.92  g/mol
InChI Key
ATDGTVJJHBUTRL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
FDA UNII
OS382OHJ8P

Cyanogen bromide (CNBr). A compound used in molecular biology to digest some proteins and as a coupling reagent for phosphoroamidate or pyrophosphate internucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes.
1 2D Structure

2D Structure

2 Identification
2.1 Computed Descriptors
2.1.1 IUPAC Name
carbononitridic bromide
2.1.2 InChI
InChI=1S/CBrN/c2-1-3
2.1.3 InChI Key
ATDGTVJJHBUTRL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
2.1.4 Canonical SMILES
C(#N)Br
2.2 Other Identifiers
2.2.1 UNII
OS382OHJ8P
2.3 Synonyms
2.3.1 MeSH Synonyms

1. Bromide, Cyanogen

2.3.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

1. 506-68-3

2. Bromine Cyanide

3. Cyanobromide

4. Bromocyanide

5. Bromocyanogen

6. Bromocyan

7. Campilit

8. Carbononitridic Bromide

9. Cyanogen Monobromide

10. Bromure De Cyanogen

11. Cyanogen Bromide (brcn)

12. Bromocyane

13. Cyanic Bromide

14. Cyanogen Bromide ((cn)br)

15. Rcra Waste Number U246

16. Tl 822

17. Brcn

18. Nsc 89684

19. Os382ohj8p

20. Bromoformonitrile

21. Nsc-89684

22. Cyanogenbromide

23. Bromine Monocyanide

24. Bromure De Cyanogen [french]

25. Hsdb 708

26. Einecs 208-051-2

27. Mfcd00011597

28. Un1889

29. Rcra Waste No. U246

30. Unii-os382ohj8p

31. Brn 1697296

32. Bromcyane

33. Bromo Cyane

34. Ai3-28715

35. Cyanic Bromide #

36. Cnbr

37. Bromocyanide(brcn)

38. Bromocyanide (brcn)

39. Br-cn

40. Bromine Cyanide(brcn)

41. (cn)br

42. Bromine Cyanide (brcn)

43. Dsstox_cid_1550

44. Wln: E Cn

45. Dsstox_gsid_21550

46. 4-03-00-00092 (beilstein Handbook Reference)

47. Cyanogen Bromide [mi]

48. Cyanogen Bromide [hsdb]

49. Chembl3561885

50. Dtxsid9021550

51. Nsc89684

52. Tox21_303779

53. Tl-822

54. Cyanogen Bromide, >=98.5% (rt)

55. Akos009152676

56. Cyanogen Bromide, Reagent Grade, 97%

57. Un 1889

58. Cyanogen Bromide [un1889] [poison]

59. Ncgc00356964-01

60. Bp-10442

61. Cas-506-68-3

62. Ft-0665252

63. Cyanogen Bromide Solution, 5 M In Acetonitrile

64. Cyanogen Bromide, 99.995% Trace Metals Basis

65. Cyanogen Bromide Solution, 5.0 M In Acetonitrile

66. Q420258

67. J-520130

68. J-802176

69. Cyanogen Bromide Solution, 3.0 M In Methylene Chloride

2.4 Create Date
2005-03-26
3 Chemical and Physical Properties
Molecular Weight 105.92 g/mol
Molecular Formula CBrN
XLogP31.1
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count1
Rotatable Bond Count0
Exact Mass104.92141 g/mol
Monoisotopic Mass104.92141 g/mol
Topological Polar Surface Area23.8 Ų
Heavy Atom Count3
Formal Charge0
Complexity31.3
Isotope Atom Count0
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Covalently Bonded Unit Count1
4 Drug and Medication Information
4.1 Minimum/Potential Fatal Human Dose

0.4 mg/L (92 ppm) in air is fatal after 10 min. /From table/

Bingham, E.; Cohrssen, B.; Powell, C.H.; Patty's Toxicology Volumes 1-9 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York, N.Y. (2001)., p. 1399


5 Pharmacology and Biochemistry
5.1 Absorption, Distribution and Excretion

Cyanide is distributed to all organs and tissues via the blood, where its concn in red cells is greater than that in plasma by a factor of two or three. Presumably, the accumulation of cyanide in erythrocytes is a reflection of its binding to methemoglobin. /Cyanide/

USEPA; Ambient Water Quality Criteria Doc: Cyanides p.C-9 (1980) EPA 440/5-80-037


The cyanide ion is readily absorbed after oral or parenteral admin. Prolonged local contact with cyanide soln ... may result in absorption of toxic amt through skin. Part of absorbed cyanide is excreted unchanged by the lung. Larger portion ... is converted by sulfurtransferase to relatively nontoxic thiocyanate ion. /Cyanide/

Goodman, L.S., and A. Gilman. (eds.) The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 5th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975., p. 904


Once absorbed into the body, cyanide can form complexes with heavy metal ions. /Cyanide/

NIOSH; Criteria Document: Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts p.45 (1976) DHEW Pub. NIOSH 77-108


Presumably, the accumulation of cyanide in erythrocytes is a reflection of its binding to methemoglobin. /Cyanide/

USEPA; Ambient Water Quality Criteria Doc: Cyanides p.C-9 (1980) EPA 440/5-80-037


5.2 Metabolism/Metabolites

The small quantity of cyanide always present in human tissues is metabolized at the approximate rate of 17 ug/kg x min, primarily by the hepatic enzyme rhodanese, which catalyzes the irreversible reaction of cyanide and a sulfane to produce thiocyanate, a relatively nontoxic compound excreted in the urine. ... The limiting factor under normal conditions is the availability of a sulfane as a substrate for rhodanese, and sulfur is administered therapeutically as sodium thiosulfate to accelerate this reaction. The lethal dose of cyanide is time dependent because of the ability of the body to detoxify small amounts of cyanide via the rhodanese-catalyzed reaction with sulfane. A given amount of cyanide absorbed slowly may cause no biological effects even though the same amount administered over a very short period of time may be lethal. /Hydrogen cyanide and cyanogen chloride/

U.S. Army Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Chemical Casualty Care Division; Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook, 3rd Ed. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (July 2000) Available from, as of August 28, 2013: https://www.operationalmedicine.org/TextbookFiles/mmccthirdeditionjul2000.pdf


... Cyanide ion is conjugated with sulfur to form thiocyanate. ... conjugation is catalyzed by the enzyme rhodanese which is widely distributed in most animal tissues except blood, liver being particularly active. ... the rhodanese mechanism is capable of detoxicating only limited amt of cyanide, such as are formed during normal metab. /another sulfur donor is 3-mercaptopyruvate. The enzyme, mercaptosulfur transferase is localized in cytosol./ /Cyanide/

Parke, D. V. The Biochemistry of Foreign Compounds. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968., p. 96


/One of/ the major mechanism/s/ for removing cyanide from the body is its enzymatic conversion, by the mitochondrial enzyme rhodanese (transsulfurase), to thiocyanate, which is relatively ... /less toxic/. /Cyanide/

Hardman, J.G., L.E. Limbird, P.B. Molinoff, R.W. Ruddon, A.G. Goodman (eds.). Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 9th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996., p. 1688


5.3 Biological Half-Life

Half-life for the conversion of cyanide to thiocyanate from a non-lethal dose in man is between 20 min and 1 hr. /Cyanide/

Feldstein M, Klendshoj NC; J Lab Chin Med 44: 166-70 (1954) as cited in NIOSH; Criteria Document: Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts p.45 (1976) DHEW Pub. NIOSH 77-108


5.4 Mechanism of Action

Cyanide has a very high affinity for iron in the ferric state. When absorbed /cyanide/ ... reacts readily with trivalent iron of cytochrome oxidase in mitochondria; cellular respiration is thus inhibited & cytotoxic hypoxia results. Since utilization of oxygen is blocked, venous blood is oxygenated and is almost as bright red as arterial blood. Respiration is stimulated because chemoreceptive cells respond as they do to decreased oxygen. A transient stage of CNS stimulation with hyperpnea and headache is observed; finally there are hypoxic convulsions and death due to respiratory arrest. /Cyanide/

Hardman, J.G., L.E. Limbird, P.B. Molinoff, R.W. Ruddon, A.G. Goodman (eds.). Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 9th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996., p. 1688