Iron complexes

class=skin-invert-image|thumb|420 px|Binding of oxygen to a heme prosthetic group Heme (American English), or haem (Commonwealth English, both pronounced /hi:m/ ), is a ring-shaped iron-containing molecule that serves as a ligand of various proteins, especially as a component of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the bloodstream. It is composed of four pyrrole rings with two vinyl and two propionic acid side chains. Heme is biosynthesized in both the bone marrow and the liver.

dark blue pigment

chemical compound

chemical compound

Ferroin, also known as tris(o-phenanthroline)iron(II), is the chemical compound with the formula [Fe(o-phen)3]SO4, where o-phen is the abbreviation of ortho-phenanthroline for 1,10-phenanthroline, a bidentate ligand. The term "ferroin" is used loosely and includes salts of other anions such as chloride. Ferroin is one of many transition metal complexes of 1,10-phenanthroline.

chemical compound

Ferricyanide is the name of the anion . It is also called hexacyanoferrate(III) and in rare, but systematic nomenclature, hexacyanidoferrate(III). The most common salt of this anion is potassium ferricyanide, a red crystalline material that is used as an oxidant in organic chemistry.

chemical compound

chemical compound

thumb|Infrared spectrum of Tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III)

chemical compound

chemical compound

chemical compound

chemical compound

chemical compound

Ferrocyanide is the anion [Fe(CN)6]4−. Salts of this coordination complex give yellow solutions. It is usually available as the salt potassium ferrocyanide, which has the formula K4Fe(CN)6. [Fe(CN)6]4− is a diamagnetic species, featuring low-spin iron(II) center in an octahedral ligand environment. Although many salts of cyanide are highly toxic, ferro- and ferricyanides are less toxic because they tend not to release free cyanide. It is of commercial interest as a precursor to the pigment Prussian blue and, as its potassium salt, an anticaking agent.

chemical compound

chemical compound