Potassium chlorochromate

Potassium chlorochromate
Names
Other names
Potassium trioxochlorochromate, Peligot's salt, Péligot's salt
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ECHA InfoCard 100.036.506
  • InChI=1S/ClH.Cr.K.3O/h1H;;;;;/q;;+1;;;/p-1
    Key: PEBPTQFCMJWPGZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • O=[Cr](=O)=O.[Cl-].[K+]
Properties
KCrO3Cl
Molar mass 174,5472 g/mol
Appearance orange solid
Density 2.5228 g/cm3
Soluble
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Highly toxic, corrosive, carcinogenic
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Potassium chlorochromate is an inorganic compound with the formula KCrO3Cl. It is the potassium salt of chlorochromate, [CrO3Cl]−. It is a water-soluble orange compound is used occasionally for oxidation of organic compounds. It is sometimes called Péligot's salt, in recognition of its discoverer Eugène-Melchior Péligot.

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