Potassium tetraperoxochromate(V)

Potassium tetraperoxochromate(V)
Names
IUPAC name
Potassium tetraperoxochromate(V)
Other names
  • Potassium perchromate
  • Potassium peroxochromate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/Cr.3K.4O2/c;;;;4*1-2/q+5;3*+1;4*-2
    Key: JSURYJVAXIVWCV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [O-][O-].[O-][O-].[O-][O-].[O-][O-].[K+].[K+].[K+].[Cr+5]
Properties
K3[Cr(O2)4]
Molar mass 297.286 g/mol
Appearance black
Melting point 70 °C (158 °F; 343 K)[1] (decomposes)
Poorly soluble (0 °C)
Reacts (45 °C)[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Potassium peroxochromate, potassium tetraperoxochromate(V), or simply potassium perchromate, is an inorganic compound having the chemical formula K3[Cr(O2)4]. It is a red-brown paramagnetic solid. It is the potassium salt of tetraperoxochromate(V), one of the few examples of chromium in the +5 oxidation state and one of the rare examples of a complex stabilized only by peroxide ligands.[2] This compound is used as a source of singlet oxygen.[1]

  1. ^ a b c John W. Peters; Paul J. Bekowies; Arthur M. Winer; James N. Pitts Jr. (1975). "Potassium perchromate as a source of singlet oxygen". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97 (12). ACS Publications: 3299–3306. doi:10.1021/ja00845a003.
  2. ^ Sergienko, V. S. (2007). "Structural chemistry of peroxo compounds of group VI transition metals: I. Peroxo complexes of chromium". Crystallography Reports. 52 (4): 639–646. Bibcode:2007CryRp..52..639S. doi:10.1134/S1063774507040116. S2CID 95018505.