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Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate

ACS reagent, ≥98.5%

Synonym(s):

CAN, Ceric ammonium nitrate

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Linear Formula:
Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6
CAS Number:
16774-21-3
Molecular Weight:
548.22
EC Number:
240-827-6
MDL number:
MFCD00151121
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329752170
NACRES:
NB.24

grade

ACS reagent

Assay

≥98.5%

form

powder or crystals

reaction suitability

reagent type: oxidant

impurities

≤0.05% insol. dil. H2SO4

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.01%
phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.02%

cation traces

Fe: ≤0.005%

SMILES string

N.N.[Ce+4].O[N+]([O-])=O.O[N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/Ce.2HNO3.4NO3.2H3N/c;6*2-1(3)4;;/h;2*(H,2,3,4);;;;;2*1H3/q+4;;;4*-1;;

InChI key

WIBGOERAEYJBOT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Offers a novel route to tartronic acid derivatives via facile oxygenation of malonates.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1A

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

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Carbon-heteroatom bond-forming reactions mediated by cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate: An overview.
Nair V, et al.
Synlett, 14(2), 156-165 (2003)
Selective and efficient oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using ammonium cerium (IV) nitrate in the presence of a catalytic amount of KBr or NaBr.
Zolfigol MA, et al.
Monatshefte fur Chemie / Chemical Monthly, 139(8), 895--895- (2008)
Nair, V. et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 39, 2801-2801 (1998)
A New. ALPHA.-Iodination of Ketones Using Iodine-Ammonium Cerium (IV) Nitrate in Alcohol or Acetic Acid.
Horiuchi CA and Kiji S.
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 70(2), 421-426 (1997)
Cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) as a catalyst in tap water: A simple, proficient and green approach for the synthesis of quinoxalines.
More SV, et al.
Green Chemistry, 8(1), 91-95 (2006)
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