7685. Potassium Tetracyanoplatinate(II)

Nomenclature

CAS number: 562-76-5
Dipotassium tetrakis(cyano-C)platinate(2-); platinous potassium cyanide; potassium platinocyanide.
C4K2N4Pt; mol wt 377.35.
C 12.73%, K 20.72%, N 14.85%, Pt 51.70%.
K2[Pt(CN)4].

Description and references

Crystallizes as a tri- or a dodecahydrate.

Derivative

Trihydrate.

Properties

Almost colorless, rhombic prisms; blue in direction of principal axis. Sol in hot water.