Cyanogen bromide

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Cyanogen bromide is the inorganic compound with the formula BrCN. It is a colorless solid that is widely used to modify biopolymers, fragment proteins and peptides (cuts the C-terminus of methionine), and synthesize other compounds. The compound is classified as a pseudohalogen.

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