Hydrogen cyanide

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 74-90-8
US ProductionCBI

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 281112 · exact

EPA-registered manufacturers (8)
China National Chemical · CN China
Ascend Performance Materials Holdings
Cstn Holdings
Cyanco Holding
Evonik
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Ineos Nitriles Usa
Syngenta Crop Protection Llc.
The Dow Chemical
5 FDA-registered drug labelers
Boiron
DNA Labs, Inc.
OHM PHARMA INC.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Sandco International, Inc

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthAgriculture
Downstream Uses

Appears in 6 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •D-67
  • •Toxagent Detox 6035
  • •Hydrocyanicum acidum
  • •Joette Calabrese Survivalist Kit
  • •Musco MXT
  • •Cerebral Blood Stim Drops 2086
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • •Intermediate in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (91%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS74-90-8
PubChem CID768
DTXSIDDTXSID9024148
FormulaCHN
Mol. Weight27.025 g/mol
SMILESC#N

Data Sources

DTXSID90241482026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

7682026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/768/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/768.json

74-90-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 74-90-82026-04-07

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

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

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