Ferric cation

A monatomic ion, Fe+3, 55.845 g/mol. Boiling point 1535, melting point 1538 °C, as published.

verified recordMonatomic ion3 measured properties

Identifiers

Molecular formula: Fe+3
Molecular weight: 55.845 g/mol
Exact mass: 55.933292 g/mol
SMILES: [Fe+3]
InChI: InChI=1S/Fe/q+3
InChIKey: VTLYFUHAOXGGBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 1535measured · MSDS
Melting Point: 3000measured · MSDS; 1538 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility: Insolublemeasured · MSDS

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

logP: -0.0025calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 0 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.3424calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 1
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 1
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 3

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Ferric cation yet.

Other names for it

No systematic name is recorded.

The sources also call it Ferric ion, Ferric ions, Iron(3+), iron(III), Iron(3+) ion, ferric iron, Iron, ion (Fe3+), Iron(III) cation, Iron(III) ion, Iron(3+)ions, Iron trivalent ion, FeIII.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Ferric cation has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Ferric cation. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

(3-Nitro-benzyl)dipropylamine

used as a reactant

C₁₃H₂₀N₂O₂, 236.315 g/mol.

(4-Nitrobenzyl)dipropylamine

used as a reactant

C₁₃H₂₀N₂O₂, 236.315 g/mol.

Where these values came from

chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.