Potassium cyanide

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 151-50-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$3M
Top SourceGermany 38%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 283719 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 283719, which covers 2 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 38%GermanyCZ 25%Czech RepublicKR 19%South KoreaJP 16%JapanCN 2%China
EPA-registered importers (4)
Phibro Animal Health
Special Materials
United Mineral And Chemical
Univertical
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthMetals & Mining
Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • Kali Cyanatum
  • Toxagent Detox 6035
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Plating agents and surface treating agents in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Plating agents and surface treating agents in Other (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Plating agents and surface treating agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (38%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS151-50-8
PubChem CID9032
DTXSIDDTXSID0024268
FormulaCKN
Mol. Weight65.116 g/mol
SMILES[C-]#N.[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID00242682026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

90322026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/9032/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/9032.json

151-50-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 151-50-82026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json