998. Barium Thiocyanate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 2092-17-3
Barium sulfocyanate; barium sulfocyanide; barium rhodanide.
C2BaN2S2; mol wt 253.49.
C 9.48%, Ba 54.17%, N 11.05%, S 25.30%.
Ba(SCN)2.

Description and references

Prepn: Herstein, Inorg. Synth. 3, 24 (1950).

Properties

Deliquesc crystals. Poisonous. Very sol in water, sol in acetone, methanol, ethanol. Keep well closed.

Derivative

Trihydrate.

Properties

Needle-shaped crystals (from water).

Use

In dyeing; in photography; as dispersing agent for cellulose; in prepn of thiocyanates of other metals.