Chemistry:Ammonium selenide
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| (NH4)2Se | |
| Molar mass | 115.05 g/mol |
| Appearance | White solid |
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| Solubility | Soluble in sodium hydroxide[2] |
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Ammonium selenide is a chemical compound with the symbol (NH4)2Se. It is claimed to be a white solid and there is little to no spectroscopic evidence on this compound.[1][2]
Preparation
It was first claimed to be prepared in 1898 by reacting concentrated ammonia and hydrogen selenide gas.[1] However, this has been disproved in 1926 as it was shown that ammonium selenide was unstable in water. Instead, ammonium selenide was produced by the reaction of anhydrous ammonia and hydrogen selenide gas(made from the reaction of iron(II) selenide and hydrochloric acid). However, there is no X-ray crystallography on this compound.[2]
Reactions
Ammonium selenide reacts with water and various acids. For example, it reacts with nitric acid to form selenic acid:[2]
- (NH4)2Se + 4HNO3 + H2O → H2SeO4 + 3NH4NO3
It also reacts with various metals, such as calcium, to produce their respective selenides.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Victor Lenher; Edgar F. Smith (1898). "Ammonium Selenide" (in English). Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS Publications) 20 (4): 277–278. doi:10.1021/ja02066a007. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja02066a007. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Erwin Wendehorst (1926). "Über das Ammoniumselenid" (in German). Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 153 (1): 263–268. doi:10.1002/zaac.19261530124.
- ↑ T. Petze; J. Kohle (1977). "Über die Darstellung von CaSe, SrSe, BaSe und EuSe durch Reaktion der Metalle mit Selenwasserstoff in flüssigem Ammoniak" (in de). Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 437 (1): 193-196. doi:10.1002/zaac.19774370127.
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