Potassium Cyanate
compound
KCNO
The compound at the centre of a landmark moment in chemistry history
Wöhler's synthesis of urea from this salt in 1828 shattered the idea that life's molecules could never be made in a lab.
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Potassium cyanate — I4/mcm |
| Formula | KCNO |
| Crystal system | tetragonal |
| Space group | I 4/m c m |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 6.07, 6.07, 7.03 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 2.06 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)