Amination the cyanohydrin with ammonia or other amines causes production of alpha-amino-nitriles which are widely used for synthesizing the alpha amino acids. |
Natural glycosides containing allopyranose from the passion fruit plant and circular dichroism of benzaldehyde cyanohydrin glycosides. |
Therefore, it would appear that acetone cyanohydrin represents little risk to the environment under current production and use. |
Formaldehyde reacts with the sodium cyanide to form formaldehyde cyanohydrin. |