519. Ammonium Ferricyanide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 14221-48-8
(OC-6-11)-Hexakis(cyano-κC)ferrate(3) ammonium (1:3); ammonium hexacyanoferrate(III).
C6H12FeN9; mol wt 266.06.
C 27.09%, H 4.55%, Fe 20.99%, N 47.38%.
(NH4)3Fe(CN)6.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Iron (8th ed.) 59, part B, p 1027 (1932).

Properties

Trihydrate, red crystals. Freely sol in water; practically insol in alcohol. Protect from light.