Chemical Properties
CLEAR YELLOW LIQUID
Occurrence
Has apparently not been reported to occur in nature.
Uses
Geranyl Nitrite, is a substituted terpenoid odorant with a fruity odor quality. It is one of the most potent cyclase stimulators.
Preparation
From geranialoxime with acetic anhydride (Arctander. 1969).
Flammability and Explosibility
Non flammable
Metabolism
The toxicity of organic cyanides appears to depend, in almost every case, on whether they can be metabolized in the body to the free cyanide ion, CN~, and on the rate and extent of this conversion and the rate of detoxication of cyanide to thiocyanate. Alkyl cyanides appear to be metabolized in the body chiefly by formation of hydrogen cyanide plus the acid with one less carbon atom (Williams, 1959).
