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potassium thiocyanate
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chemical compound
OverviewAI-generated
Potassium thiocyanate is a chemical compound with the formula KSCN. It has a molecular mass of 96.939 and a melting point of 173. The substance decomposes at 500. Its structure is represented by the SMILES notation C(#N)[S-].[K+].
The compound has a charge of 0 and contains two hydrogen bond acceptors, with no hydrogen bond donors. It possesses a topological polar surface area of 24.8. Potassium thiocyanate is referenced in 250 other encyclopedia articles and has 616 associated entries in the PubMed database.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- CKNS
- Molecular weight
- 97.18 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- potassium thiocyanate
- SMILES
- C(#N)[S-].[K+]
- InChIKey
- ZNNZYHKDIALBAK-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 24.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
616 papers- Potassium thiocyanate poisoning treated by multidisciplinary collaboration.Minerva medica · 2024
- Caustic Ingestion With Potassium Thiocyanate.ACG case reports journal · 2026
- Potassium Thiocyanate-Assisted Enhancement of Slot-Die-Coated Perovskite Films for High-Performance Solar Cells.Small science · 2021
- Detection of thiocyanate in postmortem blood of a fatal potassium thiocyanate-poisoning patient using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.Journal of analytical toxicology · 2023
- Potassium thiocyanate in the treatment of hypertension.British medical journal · 1947
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Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- canonical SMILES
- C(#N)[S-].[K+]
- chemical formula
- KSCN
- Commons category
- Potassium thiocyanate
- melting point
- 173
- decomposition point
- 500
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Encyclopedic overview
Potassium thiocyanate is the chemical compound with the molecular formula KSCN. It is an important salt of the thiocyanate anion, one of the pseudohalides. The compound has a low melting point relative to most other inorganic salts.
Uses
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