RV: chemical name question

Vicente-M. Vizcay de Castro (mapa@bitmailer.net)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:29:06 +0000

Ferro-sesquicyanuret of potassium.

Sesqui: (IUPAC): Latin voice that was and is (not frequently) used in chemical nomenclature to denote that two integral units (e.g. elements, ions,..) of a compound they are in the relationship from 3 to 2.

Ferro........ Fe(2+) = ferrous
Sesquicyaneret of potassium: Cyano (CN) /Potassium (K) = 3/2

Name current: Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)
It formulates: K4Fe(CN)6 <.......> 6(CN)/4(K) = 3/2

Vicente (SPAIN)