- Frémy's salt
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IUPACName = Potassium nitrosodisulfonate
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CASNo = 14293-70-0
PubChem = 3032624
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Formula = (KSO3)2NO
MolarMass = 268.33 g/mol (Potassium salt)
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MainHazards = Harmful (Xn)
RPhrases = R14 R20/21/22
SPhrases = S36
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Autoignition =Frémy's salt, discovered in 1845 by
Edmond Frémy (1814 - 1894), is achemical compound and a strong oxidizing agent. The formal name is disodium nitrosodisulfonic acid or NO(SO3Na)2 but Frémy's salt refers equally well to the potassium salt potassium nitrosodisulfonate.Properties and reactions
The
nitroso compound is a persistent organic radical likeTEMPO . It is especially useful in oxidations ofphenol s tohydroquinone s in theTeuber reaction . [cite journal | first = Hans-J. | last = Teuber | coauthors = Benz, Siegfired | journal = Chem. Ber. | url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112293483/PDFSTART | volume = 100 | pages = 2918–29 | title = Reaktionen mit Nitrosodisulfonat, XXXVI. Chinolin-chinone-(5.6) aus 5-Hydroxy-chinolinen | issue = 9 | year = 1967 [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112293483/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Abstract] (in German). OrgSynth | author = Teuber, Hans-J. | title = Use of dipotassium nitrosodisulfonate (Fremy's salt): 4,5-dimethyl-"o"-benzoquinone | prep = cv6p0480 | collvol = 6 | collvolpages = 480 | volume = 52 | pages = 88 | year = 1972]Preparation
The salt can be prepared from
sodium nitrite ,sodium bicarbonate andsulfur dioxide todisodium hydroxylaminedisulfonate andcarbon dioxide followed byone-electron oxidation byelectrolysis in a basic solution. [OrgSynth | author = Wehrli, Pius A.; Pigott, Foster | title = Oxidation with the nitrosodisulfonate radical. I. Preparation and use of sodium nitrosodisulfonate: trimethyl-"p"-benzoquinone | collvol = 6 | collvolpages = 1010 | volume = 52 | pages = 83 | year = 1972 | prep = cv6p1010]References
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