Iron

An element / simple molecule, Fe, 55.845 g/mol. Boiling point 2,861 °C, melting point 1538 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: Fe
Molecular weight: 55.845 g/mol
Exact mass: 55.934937 g/mol
IUPAC name: iron
SMILES: [Fe]
InChI: InChI=1S/Fe
InChIKey: XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-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: 2,861 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 288 °Fmeasured · Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Melting Point: 1538 °Cmeasured · DrugBank; 1,538 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 7.87 g/cu cmmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Density: ...cast 7.76; wrought 7.25-7.78; steel 7.6-7.78.measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: INSOL IN HOT & COLD WATER, ALKALI, ALC, ETHER; SOL IN ACIDSmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Soluble in dilute acid.measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 1Pa at 1455 °C (solid); 10 Pa at 1617 °C; 100 Pa at 1818 °C; 1 kPa at 2073 °C; 10 kPa at 2406 °C; 100 kPa at 2859 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); depends upon the specific compoundmeasured · Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 55.84 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 55.934936 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
Polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 0calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · reference compound database
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

Fe Iron1 atom · 100.0% by mass

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: 0

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 Iron yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is iron.

The sources also call it Iron powder, Iron, elemental, ferrous iron, Remko, iron metal, Armco iron, Ferrovac E, Hoeganaes EH, Ancor B, Atomiron 5M.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Iron has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Iron. 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.

1,4-Dioxane

used as a reactant

C₄H₈O₂, 88.106 g/mol.

1,1,4,4-Tetramethyl-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene

used as a reactant

C₁₄H₁₉NO₂, 233.311 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database23925
compound record
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.