- chemistry,
mandelonitrile is the
nitrile of
mandelic acid, or the
cyanohydrin derivative of benzaldehyde.
Small amounts of
mandelonitrile occur in the...
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glycoside related to amygdalin. Chemically, it is the
glucoside of (R)-
mandelonitrile.
Prunasin is
found in
species in the
genus Prunus such as
Prunus ****onica...
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enzyme (R)-
mandelonitrile lyase (EC 4.1.2.10, (R)-HNL, (R)-oxynitrilase, (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase)
catalyzes the
chemical reaction mandelonitrile ⇌ {\displaystyle...
- (amygdalase) to give
gentiobiose and L-
mandelonitrile.
Gentiobiose is
further hydrolyzed to give glucose,
whereas mandelonitrile (the
cyanohydrin of benzaldehyde)...
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relying on ester,
phosphate and
carbonate formation have been reported.
Mandelonitrile, with the
formula C6H5CH(OH)CN,
occurs in
small amounts in the pits...
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prepared by the acid-catalysed
hydrolysis of
mandelonitrile,
which is the
cyanohydrin of benzaldehyde.
Mandelonitrile can also be
prepared by
reacting benzaldehyde...
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enzymes include amygdalin beta-glucosidase,
prunasin beta-glucosidase and
mandelonitrile lyase. In contrast,
although the
flesh of
black cherries also contains...
- Jerrold; Eisner, Hans E.; Eisner,
Thomas (1976). "Benzoyl
cyanide and
mandelonitrile in the
cyanogenetic secretion of a centipede".
Journal of
Chemical Ecology...
- made. Many of
these pits
contain small amounts of
cyanohydrins such as
mandelonitrile and amygdalin,
which slowly release hydrogen cyanide. One
hundred grams...
- can
cause disease in fish.
Microbacterium paraoxydans metabolize (RS)-
mandelonitrile to (R)-(-)mandelic acid.
Microbacterium paraoxydans is a
plant growth-promoting...
