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Cyanogen chloride
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<p>Cyanogen chloride is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> <a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">Cl</a><a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">C</a><a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a>. This triatomic <a href="/facts/Pseudohalogen/9DMN43ya">pseudohalogen</a> is an easily condensed colorless gas. More commonly encountered in the laboratory is the related compound <a href="/facts/Cyanogen_bromide/KxYRuQCe">cyanogen bromide</a>, a room-temperature solid that is used in biochemical analysis and preparation. Cyanogen compounds are highly <a href="/facts/Toxicity/qa96rs60">toxic</a>. </p>