Potassium hexacyanoferrate

The existence of anode and cathode areas can be seen by the following experiment. A few drops of phenolphthalein are added to a solution of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) and hydrochloric acid added, drop by drop, until the solution is colourless. (The phenolphthalein turns pink due to hydrolysis of the potassium hexacyano-ferrate(III).) Drops of this solution, about 1 cm in diameter, are now placed on a sheet of freshly abraded steel when pink cathode areas and blue anode areas appear. 

Examples P2O5, diphosphorus pentaoxide or phosphorus)V) oxide Hgj, mercury(I) ion or dimercury(2-l-) ion K2[Fe(CN)g], potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) or potassium hexacyanofer-rate(4—) PbJPb 04, dilead(II) lead(IV) oxide or trilead tetraoxide. 

The methyl group of -nitrotoluene is activated by the para nitro group. -Nitrotoluene is oxidized to -nitrobenzoic acid [62-23-7] by potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) in alkaline solution, potassium permanganate, or potassium dichromate. -Nitrotoluene is converted to -nitrobenzaldehyde... 

Because of the time and expense involved, biological assays are used primarily for research purposes. The first chemical method for assaying L-ascorbic acid was the titration with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol solution (76). This method is not appHcable in the presence of a variety of interfering substances, eg, reduced metal ions, sulfites, tannins, or colored dyes. This 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol method and other chemical and physiochemical methods are based on the reducing character of L-ascorbic acid (77). Colorimetric reactions with metal ions as weU as other redox systems, eg, potassium hexacyanoferrate(III), methylene blue, chloramine, etc, have been used for the assay, but they are unspecific because of interferences from a large number of reducing substances contained in foods and natural products (78). These methods have been used extensively in fish research (79). A specific photometric method for the assay of vitamin C in biological samples is based on the oxidation of ascorbic acid to dehydroascorbic acid with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (80). In the microfluorometric method, ascorbic acid is oxidized to dehydroascorbic acid in the presence of charcoal. The oxidized form is reacted with o-phenylenediamine to produce a fluorescent compound that is detected with an excitation maximum of ca 350 nm and an emission maximum of ca 430 nm (81). 

Dipping solution II Dissolve 4 g potassium hexacyanoferrate(Ill) in 50 ml water and make up to 100 ml with ethanol. 

Amino-2,3-dimethyl-l-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one Potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) Ammonia solution (25%) Ethanol... 

On oxidation by potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) adrenaline is converted into adrenochrome which then condenses with ethylenediamine ... 

Dipping solution First dissolve 10 mg potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) and then 1 g sodium hydroxide pellets in 7 ml water and then dilute the solution with 20 ml ethanol. 

Potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) forms, for example, fluorescent thiochrome with vitamin Bi ... 

Methyl-thiazolo[4,5-/]quinoline 19 was methylated by methyl iodide on the nitrogen atom of pyridine giving the appropriate methodide. A subsequent oxidation with potassium hexacyanoferrate in alkaline media gave the 2,6-dimethyl-7-0x0-6,7-dihydrothiazolo[4,5-/]quinoline 21 (37LA60). 

The nitration of l,2,5-selenadiazolo[3,4-/] quinoline 77 with benzoyl nitrate affords the 8-nitro derivative 78, whereas methylation with methyl iodide or methyl sulfate afforded the corresponding 6-pyridinium methiodide 79 or methosulfate 80, respectively (Scheme 29). The pyridinium salt 80 was submitted to oxidation with potassium hexacyanoferrate and provided 7-oxo-6,7-dihydro derivative 81 or, by reaction of pyridinium salt 79 with phenylmagnesium bromide, the 7-phenyl-6,7-dihydro derivative 82. Nucleophilic substitution of the methiodide 79 with potassium cyanide resulted in the formation of 9-cyano-6,9-dihydroderivative 83, which can be oxidized by iodine to 9-cyano-l,2,5-selenadiazolo [3,4-/]quinoline methiodide 84. All the reactions proceeded in moderate yields (81IJC648). 

The actual catalyst is a complex formed from osmium tetroxide and a chiral ligand, e.g. dihydroquinine (DHQ) 9, dihydroquinidine (DHQD), Zj -dihydroqui-nine-phthalazine 10 or the respective dihydroquinidine derivative. The expensive and toxic osmium tetroxide is employed in small amounts only, together with a less expensive co-oxidant, e.g. potassium hexacyanoferrate(lll), which is used in stoichiometric quantities. The chiral ligand is also required in small amounts only. For the bench chemist, the procedure for the asymmetric fihydroxylation has been simplified with commercially available mixtures of reagents, e.g. AD-mix-a or AD-mix-/3, ° containing the appropriate cinchona alkaloid derivative ... 

The procedure may be used to determine the purity of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III). 

Potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) (potassium ferricyanide). Dissolve 2g of the solid in 100 mL distilled water. (Solution B). 

In the titration of zinc ion with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) solution 3Zn2+ + 2K4Fe(CN)6 = 6K+ + K2Zn3[Fe(CN)6]2... 

Trace metals have to be removed, notably manganese, ferrous ions and zinc. This is often accomplished using the compound potassium hexacyanoferrate which predpitates or complexes the metals and, in excess, acts to inhibit growth and indirectly promotes dtric add production. The amount of potassium hexacyanoferrate required is variable depending on the nature of the ion content of the carbon source. 

The raw substrate, usually molasses at 20 to 25%, together with added nutrients is acidified and heated to reduce the level of contamination in the medium. Sufficient amounts of potassium hexacyanoferrate are added to precipitate or chelate the trace... 

The carbohydrate (again often molasses, 15 - 25%) and added nutrients are pH-adjusted to below 4.0 and, for Otis process, have to be sterilised. It is necessary to add potassium hexacyanoferrate but greater care is required in this process compared to surface culture. The A. niger seems to be more sensitive to and more easily inhibited by hexacyanoferrate in submerged culture. It is essential however to lower the ferrous and manganese concentrations, probably below 200 and 5 pg l1 respectively, to optimise the performance of A. niger. 

In the case of potassium, a large number of very fast ion conductors [4] and very fast insertion/extraction materials, such as the potassium hexacyanoferrates, are... 

Potassium hexachloromolybdate, 3, 1230 Potassium hexacyanoferrate discovery, 1, 3 Potassium ions biology, 6, 559 selective binding biology, 6, 551... 

Spray solution 3 Dissolve 8 g potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) in 100 ml water. 

When oxidized by iron(III) ions 4-aminoantipyrine reacts with phenols to yield colored quinonoid derivatives (cf. 4-aminoantipyrine — potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) reagent in Volume 1 a). It is an oxidative coupling based on the Emerson reaction. 

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