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Cobalt(II) thiocyanate

96%

Synonym(s):

Bis(thiocyanic acid)cobalt(II) salt, Cobaltous thiocyanate, Isothiocyanic acid cobalt(II) salt

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Linear Formula:
Co(SCN)2
CAS Number:
3017-60-5
Molecular Weight:
175.10
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24852801
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
221-156-8
MDL number:
MFCD00010937
Assay:
96%
Form:
powder

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InChI key

INDBQWVYFLTCFF-UHFFFAOYSA-L

InChI

1S/2CHNS.Co/c2*2-1-3;/h2*3H;/q;;+2/p-2

SMILES string

N#CS[Co]SC#N

assay

96%

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: cobalt

application(s)

battery precursors
catalysts
material synthesis precursor

Quality Level

100

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General description

Cobalt(II) thiocyanate, also known as cobalt(II) rhodanide or cobalt isothiocyanate, is an inorganic coordination compound that is soluble in water and organic solvents. It can be used as a starting material for the preparation of other cobalt-containing materials and complexes.

Application

Cobalt(II) thiocyanate can be used as a precursor to synthesize single-chain magnetic coordination complexes.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - Muta. 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

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Analytica chimica acta, 629(1-2), 98-103 (2008-10-23)
Quantifying cocaine in apprehended samples is important to the Brazilian Federal Police because the concentration can indicate the origin of the drug and consequently the traffic route. In addition to the other risks of using this drug is the variability
H Ghebeh et al.
Analytical biochemistry, 262(1), 39-44 (1998-09-15)
A colorimetric assay is described for the measurement of Pluronic F-68 in animal cell culture medium. The assay is based on the formation of a complex with cobalt thiocyanate as previously developed for the measurement of Pluronic in liver tissue.
N El-Kousy et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 20(4), 671-679 (2000-03-07)
Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and colourimetric methods have been developed for the determination of pizotifen (I), ketotifen (II) and loratadine (III). The first method depends on the reaction of the three drugs (I); (II) and (III) with cobalt thiocyanate reagent
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Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 66(4-5), 1248-1254 (2006-08-22)
Picric acid, bromocresol green, bromothymol blue, cobalt thiocyanate and molybdenum(V) thiocyanate have been tested as spectrophotometric reagents for the determination of disopyramide and irbesartan. Reaction conditions have been optimized to obtain coloured comoplexes of higher sensitivity and longer stability. The
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