Hydrocyanic acid (HCN)

HCN; A colorless, toxic liquid, with the odor of bitter almonds, present in bitter almonds (amygdalin), the stones of peaches, plums, and other drupes, and laurel leaves; inhalation of 300 ppm causes death. SYN: hydrogen cyanide, prussic acid.

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