Nomenclature
CAS number: 14402-70-1
Diammonium pentakis(cyano-
C)nitrosylferrate(2); ammonium pentacyanonitrosylferrate(III); ammonium nitroprusside.
C
5H
8FeN
8O; mol wt 252.02.
C 23.83%, H 3.20%, Fe 22.16%, N 44.46%, O 6.35%.
(NH
4)
2Fe(CN)
5NO.
Description and references
Prepn and structure: Burrows, Turner, J. Chem. Soc. 115, 1429 (1919).
Properties
Red to brownish-red crystals. Freely sol in water,
alc.Status
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to revision or update.