Potassium chlorochromate

Potassium chlorochromate is an inorganic compound with the formula KCrO3Cl.[4] It is the potassium salt of chlorochromate, [CrO3Cl]−. It is a water-soluble orange compound is used occasionally for oxidation of organic compounds. It is sometimes called Péligot's salt, in recognition of its discoverer Eugène-Melchior Péligot.

Potassium chlorochromate
Names
Other names
Potassium trioxochlorochromate,[1][2][3] Peligot's salt, Péligot's salt
Identifiers
Properties
KCrO3Cl
Molar mass 174,5472 g/mol
Appearance orange solid
Density 2.5228 g/cm3
soluble
Hazards
Main hazards highly toxic
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Structure and synthesis

Potassium chlorochromate was originally prepared by treating potassium dichromate with hydrochloric acid. An improved route involves the reaction of chromyl chloride and potassium chromate:[5]

K2CrO4 + CrO2Cl2 → 2KCrO3Cl

The salt consists of the tetrahedral chlorochromate anion. The average Cr=O bond length is 159 pm, and the Cr-Cl distance is 219 pm.[6]

Reactions

Although air-stable, its aqueous solutions undergo hydrolysis. With concentrated hydrochloric acid, it converts to chromyl chloride. When treated with 18-crown-6, it forms the lipophilic salt [K(18-crown-6]CrO3Cl.[7]

Peligot's salt can oxidize benzyl alcohol, a reaction which can be catalyzed by acid.[8] A related salt, pyridinium chlorochromate, is more commonly used for this reaction.

Safety

Potassium chlorochromate can be toxic upon ingestion (may cause acute poisoning and kidney damage amongst other complications) or contact with the human skin (may cause eye burns, irritation, allergy, or ulceration), especially if inhalated.[9]

References
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  3. Arthur Rose; Elizabeth Rose (1966). The Condensed chemical dictionary. Reinhold. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  4. Norm Stanley Colorful Chromium Compounds, 23 August 2002
  5. Harry H. Sisler; Louis E. Marchi (1946). "Potassium Monochlorochromate". Inorg. Synth. 2: 208–210. doi:10.1002/9780470132333.ch64.
  6. U. Kolitsch (2002). "Redetermination of potassium chlorochromate, KCrO3Cl". Acta Crystallogr. E58 (11): i105–i107. doi:10.1107/S1600536802019396.
  7. Kotlyar, Sergei A.; Zubatyuk, Roman I.; Shishkin, Oleg V.; Chuprin, Gennady N.; Kiriyak, Andrey V.; Kamalov, Gerbert L. (2005). "(18-Crown-6)potassium chlorochromate". Acta Crystallographica E. 61 (2): m293–m295. doi:10.1107/S1600536805000085.
  8. Özgün, B.; Pek, A. (1991). "Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of benzyl alcohol by potassium chlorochromate". Reaction Kinetics & Catalysis Letters. 43 (2): 589–594. doi:10.1007/BF02064733.
  9. Susan Shaw; Susan D. Shaw; Monona Rossol (1 September 1991). Overexposure: health hazards in photography. Allworth Communications, Inc. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-0-9607118-6-4. Retrieved 1 June 2011.


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