The_Great_Orgo
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Precipate formed from Potassium ferricyanide and acetone
I was cleaning glassware today after making some Potassium Ferricyanide and used acetone since the bottle wasn't labeled. A White precipitate formed
and I don't know what it was. Any Ideas as to what it could have been? It was some leftover residue after pouring out the PF originally. It seemed to
fully ppt what residue was left.
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Orgo, I have no idea. But, I would handle this material with caution.
Some unexpectedly energetic properties might be present.
Oh, probably not. But, it is something to ponder on.
Potassium Ferricyanide combines exlposively, when compounded with some oxidants.
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Deathunter88
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Probably just potassium ferricyanide crashing out of solution due to it being insoluble in acetone.
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Potassium ferricyanide will react with aldehydes to form a dihydropyrazine, presumably through an alpha-amino aldehyde, but this wouldn't be possible
with acetone.
"Question everything generally thought to be obvious." - Dieter Rams
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