Potassium cobaltinitrite

Potassium cobaltinitrite
IUPAC name

Potassium hexanitritocobaltate(III)
Identifiers
CAS number 13782-01-9
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Properties
Molecular formula K3[Co(NO2)6] (anhydrous)
K3[Co(NO2)6]·1.5H2O (sesquihydrate)
Molar mass 452.26 g/mol (anhydrous)
479.284 g/mol (sesquihydrate)
Appearance yellow cubic crystals (sesquihydrate)
Density 2.6 g/cm3 (sesquihydrate)
Solubility in water slightly soluble in water (sesquihydrate)
Solubility reacts with acids, insoluble in ethanol (sesquihydrate)[1]
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Potassium cobaltinitrite, IUPAC name potassium hexanitritocobaltate(III), is a coordination compound with the formula K3[Co(NO2)6]. The anion of this yellow-coloured salt consists of a cobalt(III) center bound to six nitrito ligands. It is insoluble in water and is precipitated as yellow solids.

It was first made in 1848 by N. W. Fischer in Breslau[2] and it is used as a yellow pigment called Aureolin.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 4–54. ISBN 0-8493-0594-2 
  2. ^ Fischer, N. W. (1848). "Ueber die salpetrichtsauren Salze". Annalen der Physik und Chemie 150 (5): 115–125. doi:10.1002/andp.18491500512. 
  3. ^ Gates, G. (1995). "A Note on the Artists' Pigment Aureolin". Studies in Conservation 40 (3): 201–206. doi:10.2307/1506479. JSTOR 1506479. 
  4. ^ Gettens, Rutherford John; Stout, George Leslie (1966). Painting materials: A short encyclopaedia. pp. 109–110. ISBN 9780486215976. http://books.google.de/books?id=bdQVgKWl3f4C&pg=PA109.