pyridinium dichromate (CHEBI:176796)

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ChEBI Name	pyridinium dichromate

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:176796

Definition	A pyridinium salt that is the dipyridinium salt of dichromic acid. It is a strong oxidizing agent which can convert primary and secondary alcohols to aldehydes and ketones respectively.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Submitter	Anonymous

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Formula

C5H6N.C5H6N.Cr2O7

Net Charge

Average Mass

376.205

Monoisotopic Mass

375.94546

InChI

InChI=1S/2C5H5N.2Cr.7O/c2*1-2-4-6-5-3-1;;;;;;;;;/h2*1-5H;;;;;;;;;/q;;;;;;;;;2*-1/p+2

InChIKey

LMYWWPCAXXPJFF-UHFFFAOYSA-P

SMILES

C1=CC=[NH+]C=C1.C1=CC=[NH+]C=C1.[O-][Cr](=O)(=O)O[Cr]([O-])(=O)=O

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	oxidising agent A substance that removes electrons from another reactant in a redox reaction.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	pyridinium dichromate (CHEBI:176796) has part dichromate(2−) (CHEBI:33141) pyridinium dichromate (CHEBI:176796) has role oxidising agent (CHEBI:63248) pyridinium dichromate (CHEBI:176796) is a pyridinium salt (CHEBI:38188)

IUPAC Name

dipyridinium μ-oxido(hexaoxido)dichromate

Synonyms	Sources
Chromic acid (H₂Cr₂O₇), compd. with pyridine (1:2)	ChEBI
Corey-Schmidt reagent	ChEBI
Cornforth reagent	ChEBI
dipyridin-1-ium μ-oxido(hexaoxido)dichromate	IUPAC

Last Modified

12 July 2021