prussic acid• But amygdalin reacts with an enzyme in the almond to produce glucose and two very characteristic compounds, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.• There was arsenic, cyanide, prussic acid and - the list stopped there.• The Kamikaze: One part liquid helium, two parts prussic acid.
Originprussic acid
(1700-1800)Frenchprussique“Prussian”; because it was first obtained from Prussian blue, a coloring material