Chemistry:Potassium ferrooxalate

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Potassium ferrooxalate
Names
IUPAC name
Potassium iron(II) oxalate
Other names
potassium ferrooxalate
potassium bisoxalatoferrate(II)
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
  • K
    2
    [Fe(C
    2
    O
    4
    )
    2
    ]
    (anhydrous)
  • K
    2
    [Fe(C
    2
    O
    4
    )
    2
    ] · 2H2O
    (dihydrate)
Molar mass 310.078 g·mol−1
Appearance
  • orange-yellow solid (anhydrous)
  • golden-yellow crystals (dihydrate) [1]
Melting point 470 °C (878 °F; 743 K)[1] decomposes
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Potassium ferrooxalate, also known as potassium bisoxalatoferrate(II), is a salt with the formula K
2
[Fe(C
2
O
4
)
2
] · xH
2
O
. The anion is a transition metal oxalate complex, consisting of an atom of iron in the +2 oxidation state bound to oxalate (C
2
O2−
4
) ligands and water.[2]

Anhydrous K
2
Fe(C
2
O
4
)
2
has been prepared by hydrothermal methods from ferrous chloride. It is a coordination polymer with trigonal prismatic Fe(C
2
O
4
)
3
centers. Half of the oxalate ligands are bridging.[3]

Dihydrate

The material K
2
[Fe(C
2
O
4
)
2
] · 2H2O
has been claimed but not verified.[1] Potassium ferrooxalate is believed to be formed when the related compound potassium ferrioxalate K
3
[Fe(C
2
O
4
)
3
]
is decomposed by light in solution (a common method of actinometry) or heated above 296 °C (565 °F).[1] The anhydrous salt is orange-yellow and dissolves in water to give a red solution. Crystals of the dihydrate K
2
[Fe(C
2
O
4
)
2
] · 2H2O
are golden yellow in color.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ladriere, J. (April 1992). "Mössbauer study on the thermal decomposition of potassium tris (oxalato) ferrate(III) trihydrate and bis (oxalato) ferrate(II) dihydrate". Hyperfine Interactions 70 (1-4): 1095–1098. doi:10.1007/BF02397520. 
  2. ↑ Amanchar, Sara; Schweitzer, Thierry; Mazet, Thomas; Malaman, Bernard; Diop, Leopold V. B.; Francois, Michel (2023). "Structure of the new iron(II) oxalate potassium salt K2Fe[(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·0.18H2O". Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials 79 (4): 263–270. doi:10.1107/S2052520623004602. PMID 37347140. https://hal.science/hal-04185823. 
  3. ↑ Hursthouse, Michael B.; Light, Mark E.; Price, Daniel J. (2004). "One-Dimensional Magnetism in Anhydrous Iron and Cobalt Ternary Oxalates with Rare Trigonal-Prismatic Metal Coordination Environment". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43 (4): 472–475. doi:10.1002/anie.200352406. PMID 14735538.