Information is provided on the design of olfactory detection reactions based on isocyanide formation. Potential detection, warning or identification schemes can be designed by scanning a listing of reagents or classes of compounds to be detected and then tabulating the reagent combinations which will produce isocyanides.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrogram quantities of isocyanides may be easily detected on filter paper or in tubes of silica gel by using benzidine acetate-copper(II) acetate or p,p'-tetramethyldiaminodiphenylmethane-copper(II) sulphate reagents. Interferences include those substances which are known to interfere in the use of the same reagents for the detection of hydrogen cyanide. The lowest amount of n-, s-, or t-butyl isocyanide detectable is approximately 0.
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