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Since the formula for glucose is C6H12O6 and hydrogen cyanide HCN simply crack the sugar molecule in a fashion that leaves only one hydrogen attached to each carbon and insert a nitrogen into the molecule to take up the open bonding sites.

Alternately hydrogenate the sugar to form methane. Then react the methane with ammonia and air over a platinum/rhodium catalyst. This is of course the Andrussow process.

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