Interactions | Reactions | Processes

Classified as: Psudohalogens, Reactions of

The pseudohalogens, a collection of species which includes cyanogen chloride, cyanogen bromide, and iodine azide.

Thioanion displaces chloride from cyanogen chloride, forming the thiocyanate, yet thiol displaces cyanide ion from cyanogen bromide.
[R–S]–
  +  
N≡C–Cl
         
R–S–C≡N
  +  
Cl–

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2
R–SH
  +  
N≡C–Br
         
R–S–S–R
  +  
HCN
  +  
HBr

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RMgX
  +  
N≡C–Cl
         
R–CN
  +  
Cl–

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RMgX
  +  
I–C≡N
         
R–I
  +  
[CN]–

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