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ferricyanide(3-)
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Ferricyanide is the name of the anion . It is also called hexacyanoferrate(III) and in rare, but systematic nomenclature, hexacyanidoferrate(III). The most common salt of this anion is potassium ferricyanide, a red crystalline material that is used as an oxidant in organic chemistry.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6FeN6-3
- Molecular weight
- 211.95 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- iron(3+) hexacyanide
- SMILES
- [C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[Fe+3]
- InChIKey
- YAGKRVSRTSUGEY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 143 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 12
- Formal charge
- -3
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 211.95502723973
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- canonical SMILES
- [C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[Fe+3]
- chemical formula
- C₆FeN₆³⁻
- different from
- hexacyanidoferrate(III)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Properties
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Ferricyanide is the name of the anion . It is also called hexacyanoferrate(III) and in rare, but systematic nomenclature, hexacyanidoferrate(III). The most common salt of this anion is potassium ferricyanide, a red crystalline material that is used as an oxidant in organic chemistry.
== Properties == consists of a center bound in octahedral geometry to six cyanide ligands. The complex has Oh symmetry. The iron is low-spin and easily reduced to the related ferrocyanide ion , which is a ferrous () derivative. This redox couple is reversible and entails no making or breaking of Fe–C bonds:
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