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CHEBI:176796 - pyridinium dichromate

ChEBI IDCHEBI:176796
ChEBI Namepyridinium dichromate
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DefinitionA 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.
Last Modified12 July 2021
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Formula2C5H6N.Cr2O7
Net Charge0
Average Mass376.205
Monoisotopic Mass375.94547
SMILES[O]=[Cr](=[O])([O-])[O][Cr](=[O])(=[O])[O-].c1cc[nH+]cc1.c1cc[nH+]cc1
InChIInChI=1S/2C5H5N.2Cr.7O/c2*1-2-4-6-5-3-1;;;;;;;;;/h2*1-5H;;;;;;;;;/q;;;;;;;;;2*-1/p+2
InChIKeyLMYWWPCAXXPJFF-UHFFFAOYSA-P
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Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
oxidising agent  A substance that removes electrons from another reactant in a redox reaction.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
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  Source
dipyridin-1-ium μ-oxido(hexaoxido)dichromateIUPAC
Cornforth reagentChEBI
Chromic acid (H2Cr2O7), compd. with pyridine (1:2)ChEBI
Corey-Schmidt reagentChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
Cornforth_reagentWikipedia
2006289ChemSpider
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:11460878Reaxys
CAS:20039-37-6ChemIDplus
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