Ammonium thiocyanate
SIGALD/221988 - ACS reagent, ≥97.5%
Synonym: Ammonium rhodanide
CAS Number: 1762-95-4
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): CH4N2S
Molecular Weight: 76.12
EC Number: 217-175-6
MDL Number: MFCD00011428
Linear Formula: NH4SCN
Product Type: Chemical
| anion traces | chloride (Cl-): ≤0.005% |
| sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.005% | |
| assay | ≥97.5% |
| cation traces | Fe: ≤3 ppm |
| heavy metals (as Pb): ≤5 ppm | |
| form | crystals |
| grade | ACS reagent |
| ign. residue | ≤0.025% |
| impurities | ≤0.004 meq/g I2 consumers |
| ≤0.005% insolubles | |
| InChI | 1S/CHNS.H3N/c2-1-3;/h3H;1 |
| InChI key | SOIFLUNRINLCBN-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 152-154 °C (lit.) |
| pH | 4.5-6.0 (25 °C, 5% in H2O) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | N.SC#N |
| Application: | Ammonium thiocyanate may be used in the synthesis of the following: • Substituted 2-aminothiazole derivatives by reacting with -halo ketone carbonyls in the presence of N-methylimidazole.5 • Thiiranes from corresponding oxiranes in the presence of lithium tetrafluoroborate. |
| Application: | Applied in the formation of novel two-dimensional Cd-SCN coordination solids with unusual and tailorable, checkerboard- or herringbone-patterned structures these structures are important steps toward technologically useful materials. |
| General description: | Ammonium thiocyanate is an inorganic salt commonly used for thiocyanation of organic compounds. |
| Packaging: | 100, 500 g in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 2.5 kg in poly drum |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 + H312 + H332 - H318 - H412 |
| Precautionary statements | P273 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 20/21/22-32-52/53 |
| Safety Statements | 13-36/37-46-61 |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Supplemental Hazard Statements | EUH032 |
| Purity | ≥97.5% |
| mp | 152-154 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352300 |



