Copper(II) thiocyanate

Copper(II) thiocyanate

Crystal structure of copper(II) thiocyanate

Names
Other names

Cupric thiocyanate

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 15192-76-4

3D model (JSmol)

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ChemSpider |

* 8279278

PubChem CID

* 10103751

InChI

* InChI=1S/2CHNS.Cu/c2*2-1-3;/h2*3H;/q;;+2/p-2

Key: BQVVSSAWECGTRN-UHFFFAOYSA-L

SMILES

* C(#N)[S-].C(#N)[S-].[Cu+2]

Properties

Chemical formula

| Cu(SCN)2
Molar mass | 179.71 g/mol[1]
Appearance  | black powder
Density | 2.47 g/cm3[1]
Melting point | decomposes at 180 C[2]

Solubility in water

| Insoluble

Magnetic susceptibility (χ)

| 0.66×10−3 cm3/mol[1]
Related compounds

Other anions

| Copper(II) bromide, Copper(II) chloride

Other cations

| Copper(I) thiocyanate, Cobalt(II) thiocyanate, Mercury(II) thiocyanate, Ammonium thiocyanate
Potassium thiocyanate

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Copper(II) thiocyanate (or cupric thiocyanate) is a coordination polymer with formula Cu(SCN)2.[1] It is a black solid which slowly decomposes in moist air.[2] It was first reported in 1838 by Karl Ernst Claus and its structure was determined first in 2018.[3][1]

## Contents

* 1 Structure
* 2 Synthesis
* 3 Magnetism
* 4 References

## Structure

The structure of Cu(SCN)2 was determined via powder X-ray diffraction and consists of chains of Cu(NCS)2 linked together by weak Cu–S–Cu bonds into two-dimensional layers. It can be considered a Jahn–Teller distorted analogue of the mercury thiocyanate structure-type. Each copper is octahedrally coordinated by four sulfurs and two nitrogens. The sulfur end of the SCN− ligand is doubly bridging.[1]

## Synthesis

Copper(II) thiocyanate can be prepared from the reaction of concentrated solutions of copper(II) and a soluble thiocyanate salt in water, precipitating as a black powder.[2][3] With rapid drying, pure Cu(SCN)2 can be isolated. Reaction at lower concentrations and for longer periods of time generates instead copper(I) thiocyanate.[4]

## Magnetism

Copper(II) thiocyanate, like copper(II) bromide and copper(II) chloride, is a quasi low-dimensional antiferromagnet and it orders at 12 K (−261 °C) into a conventional Néel ground state.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Cliffe, Matthew J.; Lee, Jeongjae; Paddison, Joseph A. M.; Schott, Sam; Mukherjee, Paromita; Gaultois, Michael W.; Manuel, Pascal; Sirringhaus, Henning et al. (2018-04-25). "Low-dimensional quantum magnetism in Cu(NCS)2: A molecular framework material" (in en). Physical Review B 97 (14): 144421. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.144421. ISSN 2469-9950.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hunter, J. A.; Massie, W. H. S.; Meiklejohn, J.; Reid, J. (1969-01-01). "Thermal rearrangement in copper(II) thiocyanate". Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 5 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1016/0020-1650(69)80226-6. ISSN 0020-1650. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-1650(69)80226-6.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Claus, C. (1838). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Schwefelcyanmetalle" (in en). Journal für Praktische Chemie 15 (1): 401–411. doi:10.1002/prac.18380150142. ISSN 1521-3897. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/prac.18380150142.
4. ↑ Smith, D. L.; Saunders, V. I. (15 March 1982). "Preparation and structure refinement of the 2H polytype of β-copper(I) thiocyanate". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry 38 (3): 907–909. doi:10.1107/S0567740882004361.

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Copper compounds

Cu(0,I)|

* Cu5Si

Cu(I)|

* CuBr
* CuCN
* CuCl
* CuF
* CuH
* CuI
* Cu2C2
* Cu2Cr2O5
* Cu2O
* CuOH
* CuNO3
* Cu3P
* Cu2S
* CuSCN

Cu(I,II)|

* Cu3H4O8S2

Cu(II)|

* Cu(BF4)2
* CuBr2
* CuC2
* CuCO3
* Cu(CN)2
* Cu(ClO3)2
* CuCl2
* CuF2
* Cu(NO3)2
* Cu3(PO4)2
* Cu(N3)2
* CuO
* CuO2
* Cu(OH)2
* CuI2
* CuS
* CuSO4
* Cu3(AsO4)2

Cu(III)|

* K3CuF6
* Cu2O3

Cu(IV)|

* Cs2CuF6
* Rb2CuF6

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