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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
EC Number:
221-156-8
MDL number:
MFCD00010937
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24852801
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

96%

form

powder

SMILES string

N#CS[Co]SC#N

InChI

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

InChI key

INDBQWVYFLTCFF-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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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.

Signal Word

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 Code

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

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Wilson A Ameku et al.
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Cocaine (COC) is one of the most widely consumed illegal drugs around the world. Street COC is commonly adulterated with pharmaceutical compounds that mimic or intensify the COC's sensory effect. Adulteration is performed to increase the profit of criminal organizations
Maria José da Silva et al.
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
Gordon J Getzinger et al.
Environmental science & technology, 49(14), 8347-8355 (2015-07-07)
Volumes of natural gas extraction-derived wastewaters have increased sharply over the past decade, but the ultimate fate of those waste streams is poorly characterized. Here, we sought to (a) quantify natural gas residual fluid sources and endpoints to bound the
J Lemli et al.
Pharmaceutisch weekblad. Scientific edition, 5(4), 142-144 (1983-08-26)
A rapid and simple colorimetric method is presented for the estimation of organic bases in pharmaceutical preparations. Solid cobalt thiocyanate reagent is used. Many bases form blue coloured ion pairs soluble in dichloromethane.
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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