Aluminium cyanide

Aluminium cyanide
Names
	IUPAC name Aluminium tricyanide
Identifiers
CAS Number	87993-97-3 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	19984794;
PubChem CID	21122287;
	InChI InChI=1S/3CN.Al/c31-2;/q3-1;+3 Key: BIABJQLRIVAXSJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N;
	SMILES [C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[Al+3];
Properties
Chemical formula	C3AlN3
Molar mass	105.036 g·mol−1
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Aluminium cyanide is a metallic cyanide. The chemical formula is Al(CN)₃.^[1] Aluminium cyanide was produced as an ammoniate by reacting aluminium metal with mercuric cyanide in liquid ammonia. Aluminium cyanide is destroyed by water to form aluminium hydroxide.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Bergstrom, F. W. (July 1924). "The Reaction Between Mercuric Cyanide and Certain Metals in Liquid Ammonia". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 46 (7): 1559–1568. doi:10.1021/ja01672a002.