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- Feb 20, 2026
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I wanted a way to CTB at any given time that I really need to, and I needed something that would surely guarantee my death. Because of this, I've done some research on cyanide, and found out that the Nazis had suicide pills containing cyanide during World War 2, and was even used by Hermann Göring, a Nazi official, to end his life just hours before his scheduled execution.
I've then came across this thread, which member @carfemtanyl mentions "thermal decomposition of potassium ferrocyanide", which gave me an interest to do further research:
sanctioned-suicide.net
I wanted to create my own kind of suicide pill, made out of potassium cyanide, as I'm looking for one that I could potentially ingest if a time comes that I desperately need to CTB, or if I have access to an acid and I still have freedom, I could simply combine an acid with the potassium cyanide to produce gaseous hydrogen cyanide which would knock me out unconscious in a few seconds and would reliably kill me.
The problem is that I am not somebody with a license, I can not legally purchase potassium cyanide anywhere, so I would have to resort to methods of producing this in my backyard. I've done plenty amount of research, and I've been looking into an old method of producing potassium cyanide that was used in the 1800s, which involves the thermal decomposition of potassium ferrocyanide, a compound that I can purchase quite easily.
I will be describing the process below, and to anybody with knowledge in chemistry, I would love the following questions to be answred:
- Do you know of a better method to produce potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide that a layperson in chemistry like me without access to a proper laboratory environment could pull off, that would be more safer or more reliable than the described process below?
- If you spot any flaws within the process, could you please point it out to me and correct my mistake? Thanks!
The idea is to mix potassium ferrocyanide with potassium carbonate, put it in a crucible and heat it up to around 650C, and also adding carbon to it to reduce any cyanate impurities created in the process back into cyanide, maximizing the yield, aiming for the reaction:
2K4[Fe(CN)6] + 2K2CO3 + C -> 12KCN + 2Fe + 3CO2
At the temperature described above, the potassium carbonate and potassium ferrocyanide begin to melt and react. The reaction would then bubble as the carbon reduces the cyanate and evolves gases. Once the initial gas evolution slows down, the temperature is pushed up to around 700C, aiming to lower the viscosity of the molten potassium cyanide, allowing the heavy iron and carbon particles to drop out of the liquid suspension, ensuring a high purity of potassium cyanide on top.
I would also put a lid on top of the crucible during the process, but ensure it's not completely sealed to allow CO2 and CO to escape. This is to avoid the rapid oxidation of the cyanide, as if the crucible was open, it would allow oxygen to flow freely over the molten potassium cyanide, which would oxidize the potassium cyanide to potassium cyanate.
A big indicator that the chemical reaction I'm aiming for is finished, would be if the bubbling completely stops and the surface becomes a calm flat liquid of potassium cyanide. At this point, I would stop heating it up and seal the crucible completely as it cools down, ensuring that no oxygen would get in and oxidize the cyanide into cyanate during the cooling process.
In theory, if everything goes well and this process is correct, I would be left with a pretty high purity of potassium cyanide.
Sources of information:
chemistry.stackexchange.com
I've then came across this thread, which member @carfemtanyl mentions "thermal decomposition of potassium ferrocyanide", which gave me an interest to do further research:
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sanctioned-suicide.net
I wanted to create my own kind of suicide pill, made out of potassium cyanide, as I'm looking for one that I could potentially ingest if a time comes that I desperately need to CTB, or if I have access to an acid and I still have freedom, I could simply combine an acid with the potassium cyanide to produce gaseous hydrogen cyanide which would knock me out unconscious in a few seconds and would reliably kill me.
The problem is that I am not somebody with a license, I can not legally purchase potassium cyanide anywhere, so I would have to resort to methods of producing this in my backyard. I've done plenty amount of research, and I've been looking into an old method of producing potassium cyanide that was used in the 1800s, which involves the thermal decomposition of potassium ferrocyanide, a compound that I can purchase quite easily.
I will be describing the process below, and to anybody with knowledge in chemistry, I would love the following questions to be answred:
- Do you know of a better method to produce potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide that a layperson in chemistry like me without access to a proper laboratory environment could pull off, that would be more safer or more reliable than the described process below?
- If you spot any flaws within the process, could you please point it out to me and correct my mistake? Thanks!
The idea is to mix potassium ferrocyanide with potassium carbonate, put it in a crucible and heat it up to around 650C, and also adding carbon to it to reduce any cyanate impurities created in the process back into cyanide, maximizing the yield, aiming for the reaction:
2K4[Fe(CN)6] + 2K2CO3 + C -> 12KCN + 2Fe + 3CO2
At the temperature described above, the potassium carbonate and potassium ferrocyanide begin to melt and react. The reaction would then bubble as the carbon reduces the cyanate and evolves gases. Once the initial gas evolution slows down, the temperature is pushed up to around 700C, aiming to lower the viscosity of the molten potassium cyanide, allowing the heavy iron and carbon particles to drop out of the liquid suspension, ensuring a high purity of potassium cyanide on top.
I would also put a lid on top of the crucible during the process, but ensure it's not completely sealed to allow CO2 and CO to escape. This is to avoid the rapid oxidation of the cyanide, as if the crucible was open, it would allow oxygen to flow freely over the molten potassium cyanide, which would oxidize the potassium cyanide to potassium cyanate.
A big indicator that the chemical reaction I'm aiming for is finished, would be if the bubbling completely stops and the surface becomes a calm flat liquid of potassium cyanide. At this point, I would stop heating it up and seal the crucible completely as it cools down, ensuring that no oxygen would get in and oxidize the cyanide into cyanate during the cooling process.
In theory, if everything goes well and this process is correct, I would be left with a pretty high purity of potassium cyanide.
Sources of information:
Annalen der Pharmacie
books.google.com
How to prepare potassium cyanide from potassium ferrocyanide
How do we prepare potassium cyanide from potassium ferrocyanide? It is something which I am curious about, but cannot find the answer. I am studying inorganic chemistry but this reaction cannot be
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