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Well supposedly, cyanide gas smells like bitter almonds, so maybe that's the relation you're tasting? (I say supposedly, because it's the kind of thing I've ne
by adwf 10y ago
Well supposedly, cyanide gas smells like bitter almonds, so maybe that's the relation you're tasting?
(I say supposedly, because it's the kind of thing I've never desired to test...)
- exDM69 10y agoHydrogen cyanide smells like bitter almonds, methyl cyanide smells like cherries. Almonds and cherries both have CN sources in them.
- s0rce 10y agoMethyl cyanide, the very common and not particularly toxic laboratory chemical usually referred to as acetonitrile? I've worked with it and never noticed any particular cherry smell, although mostly in a fume hood. Wikipedia also makes no indication of a cherry smell.