Ferric citrate tetrahydrate

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Ferric citrate tetrahydrate
• CAS No.: 2338-05-8
• Molecular Formula: C6H8O7^.xFe
• Molecular Weight: 244.948
• Hs Code.: 2918150000
• European Community (EC) Number: 219-045-4
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID3020623
• Mol file: 2338-05-8.mol

Synonyms:Iron citrate;Ferric citrate tetrahydrate;2338-05-8;iron(3+) 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate tetrahydrate;DTXSID3020623

Chemical Property of Ferric citrate tetrahydrate

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: red to brown powder
• Vapor Pressure: 5.73E-05mmHg at 25°C
• Boiling Point: 309.6oC at 760mmHg
• Flash Point: 155.2oC
• PSA: 99.13000
• Density: 1.906[at 20℃]
• LogP: -1.48230
• Water Solubility.: Soluble in water
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 5
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 11
• Rotatable Bond Count: 2
• Exact Mass: 316.980722
• Heavy Atom Count: 18
• Complexity: 211

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

Ferric citrate ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: C(C(=O)[O-])C(CC(=O)[O-])(C(=O)[O-])O.O.O.O.O.[Fe+3]
• Uses: Medicine, blueprint paper. Ferric Citrate is a nutrient supplement that is prepared from reac- tion of citric acid with ferric hydroxide. it is a compound of indefi- nite ratio of citric acid and iron. the ingredient may be used in infant formula. it is also termed iron (iii) citrate.

Technology Process of Ferric citrate tetrahydrate

There total 11 articles about Ferric citrate tetrahydrate which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 85.0%

citric acid (77-92-9,906507-37-7) → ferric citrate (2338-05-8)

Guidance literature:

citric acid; With sodium hydroxide; In water; for 0.5h;

With iron(III) chloride hexahydrate; In water; at 50 - 55 ℃; for 1h;

Reference yield: 83.8%

iron(III) oxide + citric acid (77-92-9,906507-37-7) → ferric citrate (2338-05-8)

Guidance literature:

In water; at 75 - 80 ℃; for 4h;

Reference yield: 78.0%

sodium citrate (68-04-2) → ferric citrate (2338-05-8)

Guidance literature:

With iron(III) chloride hexahydrate; In water; at 80 - 90 ℃; for 1h;

upstream raw materials:

ferric nitrate

citric acid

sodium citrate

iron(II) carbonate

Refernces

• 1、 -. "PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FERRIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS". Page/Page column 12. . Retrieved 2021/05/15.
• 2、 -. "Method for the Synthesis of Ferric Oraganic Compounds". Paragraph 0025; 0050-0084. . Retrieved 2019/02/24.