Everything about potassium cyanide reaction with halogenoalkanes
It's used by Specialist entomologists to be a killing agent in amassing jars, as insects succumb within seconds towards the HCN fumes it emits, thereby reducing damage to even very fragile specimens.Potassium cyanide acts on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase to impede oxidative phosphorylation and it is a powerful inhibitor of cellular respiration