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• Many of the common solvents can cause flashback of the vapors, and some form<br />

peroxide on prolonged storage, especially those compounds containing an ether<br />

functional group, some also can form shock-sensitive solvated complexes with<br />

metal perchlorates.<br />

Examples: Acetamide<br />

Acetone<br />

Benzene<br />

Carbon tetrachloride<br />

Chloroform<br />

Methyl acetate<br />

Pyridine<br />

Tetrahydrofuran<br />

INORGANIC CYANIDES<br />

• Inorganic cyanides are the metal salts of Hydrocyanic acid.<br />

• Cyanides of alkali metals are extremely toxic.<br />

• In addition to being extremely toxic by ingestion or skin absorption, most metal<br />

cyanides present a serious hazard of forming extremely toxic Hydrogen cyanide<br />

when they come into contact with acids.<br />

Examples: Barium cyanide<br />

Cyanogen chloride<br />

Cyanamide cyanogen<br />

Hydrogen cyanate<br />

Potassium cyanide<br />

Sodium cyanide<br />

KETONES<br />

• Similar to aldehydes.<br />

• In general, the toxicity is much lower than that of other functional groups, such as<br />

cyanides or amines.<br />

• Unlike aldehydes and alcohols, some of the simplest ketones are less toxic than<br />

the higher ones.<br />

• Beyond 7 carbons, the higher ones are almost nontoxic.<br />

• Substitution of other functional groups can alter toxicity significantly.<br />

• The simplest ketones are highly flammable.<br />

• The flammability decreases with increase in the carbon number.<br />

Examples: Acetophenone<br />

Acetone<br />

Ketene<br />

Mesityl oxide<br />

Methyl Ethyl Ketone<br />

MINERAL ACIDS<br />

• Acid strengths vary widely.<br />

• Sour in taste.<br />

• React with a base to form salt and water.<br />

• Produce hydrogen when reacting with most common metals.<br />

• Produce carbon dioxide when reacting with most carbonates.<br />

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