Ammonium hexachlorostannate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Ammonium hexachlorostannate
other names	Pink salt; Ammonium hexachlorostannate (IV); Ammonium chlorostannate; Ammonium tin chloride;
Molecular formula	(NH 4 ) 2 [SnCl 6 ]
Brief description	white solid
External identifiers / databases
EC number	241-033-2
ECHA InfoCard	100.037.288
PubChem	121233083
Wikidata	Q473537
properties
Molar mass	367.49 g · mol -1
Physical state	firmly
density	2.387 g cm −3
solubility	soluble in water
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances Caution
H and P phrases	H: 315-319-335-412
	P: 302 + 352
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Ammonium hexachlorostannate is the ammonium salt of hexachlorotin (IV) acid H ₂ [SnCl ₆ ].

Extraction and presentation

Ammonium hexachlorostannate is formed from tin (IV) chloride (stannous chloride ) and ammonium chloride (salmiac).

{\ displaystyle \ mathrm {SnCl_ {4} +2 \ NH_ {4} Cl \ longrightarrow (NH_ {4}) _ {2} [SnCl_ {6}]}}

properties

Ammonium hexachlorostannate is a white solid that is soluble in water.

The compound crystallizes cubic , space group Fm 3 m (space group no. 225) , with the lattice parameter a = 10.04 Å . Template: room group / 225

use

Due to its use for dyeing (as a stain ), it is also referred to by the technical name of pink salt ( pink = pink). The neutral reacting salt is used where the tin (IV) chloride solution containing free acid cannot be used.

It accelerates the development of the tin plague .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e data sheet Ammonium hexachlorostannate (IV), Puratronic®, 99.999% (metals basis) from AlfaAesar, accessed on December 7, 2019 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .
↑ ^a ^b Heinrich Remy: Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry Volume I, Leipzig 1970, page 650
^ ^A ^b Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology . 2nd Edition. 1904, entry [1003] tin chlorides. ( Web digitization , zeno.org).
↑ G. Engel: The crystal structures of some hexachloro complex salts . In: Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Kristallgeometrie, Kristallphysik, Kristallchemie, 90, 1935, pp. 341–373 doi: 10.1524 / zkri.1935.90.1.341 .
↑ Pink Salt . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 13 . Altenburg 1861, p. 144 ( zeno.org ).
↑ tin chloride . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 924.

[Alfa-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e data sheet Ammonium hexachlorostannate (IV), Puratronic®, 99.999% (metals basis) from AlfaAesar, accessed on December 7, 2019 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .

[Remy-2] Heinrich Remy: Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry Volume I, Leipzig 1970, page 650

[Lueger_1904-3] A ^b Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology . 2nd Edition. 1904, entry [1003] tin chlorides. ( Web digitization , zeno.org).

[4] G. Engel: The crystal structures of some hexachloro complex salts . In: Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Kristallgeometrie, Kristallphysik, Kristallchemie, 90, 1935, pp. 341–373 doi: 10.1524 / zkri.1935.90.1.341 .

[Pierer_1857-5] Pink Salt . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 13 . Altenburg 1861, p. 144 ( zeno.org ).

[Meyers-6] tin chloride . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 924.