Mercuric cyanide

Drug ingredient

CAS 592-04-1

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$323K

Top sourceArgentina 55%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 285210 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 285210, which covers 38 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

AR 55%ArgentinaIN 25%IndiaCN 13%ChinaGB 3%United KingdomCZ 2%Czech Republic

8 FDA-registered drug labelers

Apex Energetics Inc.

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

Boiron

DNA Labs, Inc.

Energique, Inc.

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

OHM PHARMA INC.

Vitality Works, Inc

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 10 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Mercurius Cyanatus
•Lymphdrainex
•ASP
•B08 Mucous Membranes
•OHM Sore Throat
•Category II
•MALE-PROS
•ENC

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•D-109
•Joette Calabrese Survivalist Kit

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Chemical Identity

CAS592-04-1

PubChem CID11591

DTXSIDDTXSID3060457

FormulaC2HgN2

Mol. Weight252.63 g/mol

SMILESC(#N)[Hg]C#N

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 11591Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Mercuric cyanide (CAS 592-04-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/592-04-1/ PubChem: 11591. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11591 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 592-04-1. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 285210 for CAS 592-04-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/