Kusungunuka: Zosasungunuka mu H2O ndi zosungunulira organic. Insoluble mu nitric acid wochepetsedwa ndi hydrochloric acid. Kusungunuka pang'ono mu hydriodic acid ndi otentha kwambiri nitric asidi. Kusungunuka mu ammonia ndi methyl acetate.
Kusungunuka kwamadzi: Kusungunuka mu ammonia, methyl acetate ndi potaziyamu iodide. Pang'ono sungunuka mu hydriodic asidi ndi anaikira nitric asidi. Insoluble m'madzi, ethanol, diluted nitric acid, hydrochloric acid ndi diethyl ether.