FERRICYANIDE

Ferricyanide

Ferricyanide is the anion 6'>13−.  It is also called hexacyanoferrate and in rare, but systematic nomenclature, hexacyanidoferrate. The most common salt of this anion is potassium ferricyanide, a red crystalline material that is used as an oxidant in organic chemistry.

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ferricyanide

Noun

  1. any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)63-; used in making blue pigments
  2. a complex ion in which a central ferric iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions


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