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ferrate(VI) ion
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Ferrate(VI) is the inorganic anion with the chemical formula [FeO4]2−. It is photosensitive, contributes a pale violet colour to compounds and solutions containing it and is one of the strongest water-stable oxidizing species known. Although it is classified as a weak base, concentrated solutions containing ferrate(VI) are corrosive and attack the skin and are only stable at high pH. It is similar to the somewhat more stable permanganate.
Chemical data
- Formula
- FeO4-2
- Molecular weight
- 119.84 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- iron(6+);tetrakis(oxygen(2-))
- SMILES
- [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Fe+6]
- InChIKey
- RDEIUUIBGSCVEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- -2
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- oxyanion
- Mass
- 119.91569313982002
- Image
- Ferrate and permanganate solution.jpg
- Has use
- oxidizing agent
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- canonical SMILES
- [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Fe+6]
- Commons category
- Ferrate ion
- chemical formula
- FeO₄²⁻
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Ferrate(VI) is the inorganic anion with the chemical formula [FeO4]2−. It is photosensitive, contributes a pale violet colour to compounds and solutions containing it and is one of the strongest water-stable oxidizing species known. Although it is classified as a weak base, concentrated solutions containing ferrate(VI) are corrosive and attack the skin and are only stable at high pH. It is similar to the somewhat more stable permanganate.
== Nomenclature ==
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