Molecular formula
CAgN

SMILES
[C-]#N.[Ag+]

Safety labels

Fragrance
Odorless	53.76%
Pungent	22.82%
Fishy	16.41%
Bitter	16.31%
Sharp	14.68%
Burnt	13.3%
Almond	12.72%
Sulfurous	12.45%
Floral	12.09%
Sweet	11.45%

 

Flavor
Bitter	76.23%
Odorless	32.41%
Rotten	21.95%
Formyl	20.88%
Sulfur	19.56%
Decomposing cabbage	18.84%
Nitrile	18.84%
Mousy	18.48%
Shrimp	17.43%
Indole	16.9%

 

Odor impact est.
Low

pKa est.
3.18 (weak acid)

Molecular weight
133.886 g/mol

Melting point expt.

• 608 °F (NTP, 1992)
• 320 °C (decomposes)

Flash point

• 25.41 ˚C est.

Solubility expt.

• 0.000023 G/100 CC WATER AT 20 °C
• Sol in ammonium hydroxide
• Sol in alkali cyanides and boiling concn nitric acid; sparingly sol in dil ammonia, more in concn ammonia; insol in alcohol and dilute acids
• Sol in sodium thiosulfate soln
• Sol in potassium cyanide soln

• SILVER CYANIDE
• silver;cyanide
• Kyanid stribrny
• Silver(1+) cyanide
• Cyanure d'argent
• Kyanid stribrny [Czech]
• RCRA waste number P104
• Cyanure d'argent [French]
• Silver cyanide (Ag(CN))
• HSDB 6058
• EINECS 208-048-6
• UNII-33RV6XQ01M
• UN1684
• BRN 4360924
• AI3-28748
• 33RV6XQ01M
• 4-02-00-00050 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
• KYANID STRIBRNY (CZECH)
• CYANURE D'ARGENT (FRENCH)
• Silver cyanide, 99%
• RCRA waste no. P104
• silver isocyanide
• AgCN
• MFCD00003409
• Silver cyanide [UN1684] [Poison]
• Silver cyanide, 80%
• silver(1+) ion iminomethanide
• DTXCID404306
• MFIHOCAEOJNSOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SILVER CYANIDE (AG2(CN)2)
• AKOS025295394
• Silver cyanide, 99.96% trace metals basis
• 208-048-6

Silver cyanide is primarily used as a feedstock in cyanide-based plating and finishing processes to supply silver in the form of cyanide complexes, enabling smooth, uniform silver deposition on metal substrates in electroplating and related coating applications. It also functions as an intermediate for the preparation of silver–cyanide coordination compounds and related materials that can be used in conductive coatings, inks, and specialty electronic surfaces. In analytical chemistry and inorganic synthesis, AgCN can be employed as a reagent or precursor to generate silver–cyanide species or to prepare reference materials for silver/cyanide-containing systems. In specialty coatings and surface-finishing, silver cyanide systems may be explored for controlled-release or patterning approaches under strict handling and regulatory controls.

gpt-5-nano

Solvent	Solubility (g/L)
ethanol	53.66
methanol	104.94
isopropanol	36.01
water	18.15
ethyl acetate	38.16
n-propanol	35.87
acetone	104.79
n-butanol	25.06
acetonitrile	76.36
DMF	429.87
toluene	12.08
isobutanol	25.25
1,4-dioxane	85.34
methyl acetate	70.2
THF	82.08
2-butanone	55.38
n-pentanol	17.91
sec-butanol	27.01
n-hexane	3.34
ethylene glycol	59.08
NMP	259.53
cyclohexane	5.44
DMSO	288.15
n-butyl acetate	19.36
n-octanol	13.86
chloroform	50.76
n-propyl acetate	20.34
acetic acid	118.28
dichloromethane	48.58
cyclohexanone	54.47
propylene glycol	38.04
isopropyl acetate	19.77
DMAc	306.34
2-ethoxyethanol	40.81
isopentanol	18.11
n-heptane	4.04
ethyl formate	36.45
1,2-dichloroethane	35.22
n-hexanol	16.26
2-methoxyethanol	96.32
isobutyl acetate	12.53
tetrachloromethane	12.86
n-pentyl acetate	16.47
transcutol	79.63
n-heptanol	11.84
ethylbenzene	5.67
MIBK	18.17
2-propoxyethanol	37.36
tert-butanol	39.82
MTBE	31.42
2-butoxyethanol	26.41
propionic acid	67.82
o-xylene	11.45
formic acid	92.78
diethyl ether	30.33
m-xylene	8.36
p-xylene	9.34
chlorobenzene	21.19
dimethyl carbonate	45.31
n-octane	2.07
formamide	114.1
cyclopentanone	82.57
2-pentanone	32.55
anisole	20.17
cyclopentyl methyl ether	32.91
gamma-butyrolactone	101.58
1-methoxy-2-propanol	57.07
pyridine	62.07
3-pentanone	34.36
furfural	98.83
n-dodecane	2.16
diethylene glycol	50.66
diisopropyl ether	9.03
tert-amyl alcohol	29.83
acetylacetone	46.13
n-hexadecane	2.32
acetophenone	22.95
methyl propionate	48.27
isopentyl acetate	15.25
trichloroethylene	63.33
n-nonanol	11.72
cyclohexanol	23.5
benzyl alcohol	19.4
2-ethylhexanol	10.62
isooctanol	9.47
dipropyl ether	15.4
1,2-dichlorobenzene	19.48
ethyl lactate	18.4
propylene carbonate	46.7
n-methylformamide	141.93
2-pentanol	16.78
n-pentane	4.34
1-propoxy-2-propanol	26.73
1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate	25.21
2-(2-methoxypropoxy) propanol	27.27
mesitylene	6.24
ε-caprolactone	42.84
p-cymene	6.17
epichlorohydrin	61.57
1,1,1-trichloroethane	31.38
2-aminoethanol	53.1
morpholine-4-carbaldehyde	171.56
sulfolane	141.71
2,2,4-trimethylpentane	3.1
2-methyltetrahydrofuran	51.5
n-hexyl acetate	20.35
isooctane	1.94
2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol	32.82
sec-butyl acetate	12.16
tert-butyl acetate	20.04
decalin	2.66
glycerin	66.49
diglyme	67.94
acrylic acid	84.73
isopropyl myristate	9.78
n-butyric acid	42.4
acetyl acetate	29.09
di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	11.91
ethyl propionate	19.57
nitromethane	193.1
1,2-diethoxyethane	25.19
benzonitrile	29.36
trioctyl phosphate	9.72
1-bromopropane	18.87
gamma-valerolactone	99.85
n-decanol	9.41
triethyl phosphate	11.84
4-methyl-2-pentanol	10.07
propionitrile	41.88
vinylene carbonate	48.85
1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane	85.28
DMS	32.97
cumene	5.08
2-octanol	8.9
2-hexanone	20.01
octyl acetate	13.54
limonene	9.61
1,2-dimethoxyethane	69.13
ethyl orthosilicate	10.7
tributyl phosphate	10.57
diacetone alcohol	29.05
N,N-dimethylaniline	19.89
acrylonitrile	65.17
aniline	25.59
1,3-propanediol	47.15
bromobenzene	17.94
dibromomethane	28.92
1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane	52.84
2-methyl-cyclohexyl acetate	12.33
tetrabutyl urea	17.22
diisobutyl methanol	8.02
2-phenylethanol	15.76
styrene	8.85
dioctyl adipate	15.15
dimethyl sulfate	96.26
ethyl butyrate	16.06
methyl lactate	44.87
butyl lactate	17.4
diethyl carbonate	13.43
propanediol butyl ether	28.93
triethyl orthoformate	13.68
p-tert-butyltoluene	6.28
methyl 4-tert-butylbenzoate	23.08
morpholine	86.98
tert-butylamine	23.83
n-dodecanol	7.93
dimethoxymethane	93.5
ethylene carbonate	37.61
cyrene	29.25
2-ethoxyethyl acetate	26.45
2-ethylhexyl acetate	12.94
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene	26.0
4-methylpyridine	51.63
dibutyl ether	12.94
2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol	8.02
DEF	75.4
dimethyl isosorbide	37.46
tetrachloroethylene	41.04
eugenol	24.31
triacetin	28.86
span 80	24.94
1,4-butanediol	23.08
1,1-dichloroethane	33.27
2-methyl-1-pentanol	13.83
methyl formate	103.23
2-methyl-1-butanol	19.57
n-decane	2.93
butyronitrile	31.3
3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol	10.85
1-chlorooctane	7.81
1-chlorotetradecane	4.41
n-nonane	2.84
undecane	2.45
tert-butylcyclohexane	2.73
cyclooctane	2.02
cyclopentanol	37.37
tetrahydropyran	45.75
tert-amyl methyl ether	24.05
2,5,8-trioxanonane	50.89
1-hexene	8.37
2-isopropoxyethanol	25.18
2,2,2-trifluoroethanol	55.9
methyl butyrate	26.78

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