Editing Cyanogen (section)

==Safety==
Like other [[cyanide]]s, cyanogen is very toxic, as it readily undergoes reduction to cyanide, which poisons the [[cytochrome c oxidase]] complex, thus interrupting the [[mitochondria]]l [[electron transfer chain]]. Cyanogen gas is an irritant to the eyes and respiratory system. Inhalation can lead to headache, dizziness, rapid pulse, nausea, vomiting, loss of consciousness, convulsions, and death, depending on exposure.<ref name="HitCL">{{cite book | editor = Muir, G. D. | year = 1971 | title = Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory | publisher = The Royal Institute of Chemistry | location = London}}</ref> Lethal dose through inhalation typically ranges from {{convert|100|to|150|mg|gr|abbr=off|lk=on}}.

Cyanogen produces the second-hottest-known natural flame (after [[dicyanoacetylene]] aka carbon subnitride) with a temperature of over {{convert|4525|C}} when it burns in oxygen.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Thomas, N. |author2=Gaydon, A. G. |author3=Brewer, L. | title = Cyanogen Flames and the Dissociation Energy of N<sub>2</sub> | journal = The Journal of Chemical Physics | year = 1952 | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 369–374 | doi = 10.1063/1.1700426 | bibcode = 1952JChPh..20..369T}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=J. B. Conway |author2=R. H. Wilson Jr. |author3=A. V. Grosse |title=The Temperature of the Cyanogen-Oxygen Flame | journal = Journal of the American Chemical Society | year = 1953 | volume = 75 | issue = 2 | pages = 499 | doi = 10.1021/ja01098a517}}</ref>