Potassium Cyanate

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 identityPotassium cyanate — I4/mcm
FormulaKCNO
Crystal systemtetragonal
Space groupI 4/m c m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å6.07, 6.07, 7.03
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)2.06

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)