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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:11:23 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 00:48:29 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB014633</accession>
  <name>Iron(III) ammonium citrate</name>
  <description>Anticaking agent, dietary iron supplement. May be used in infant formulas [DFC]

A complex salt of undetermined structure, composed of iron, ammonia and citric acid; there are two types of salts - brown and green - containing different amounts of iron. [JECFA]</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Ammonium ferric citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Ammonium iron(3+) 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylate</synonym>
    <synonym>Ammonium iron(3+) citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Ammonium iron(III) 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylate, 8CI</synonym>
    <synonym>Ammonium iron(III) citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Citric acid, ammonium iron salt, green</synonym>
    <synonym>Citric acid, ammonium iron(3+) salt</synonym>
    <synonym>E381</synonym>
    <synonym>FAC</synonym>
    <synonym>Ferric ammonium citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Ferric ammonium citrate, green</synonym>
    <synonym>Iron ammonium citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Iron ammonium citrate, green</synonym>
    <synonym>Iron(3+) 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate ammoniate</synonym>
    <synonym>Soluble ferric citrate</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C12H22FeN3O14</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>488.16</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>488.04511956</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>iron(3+) ion triammonium bis(2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate)</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>iron(3+) ion triammonium dicitrate</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>1185-57-5</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>[NH4+].[NH4+].[NH4+].[Fe+3].OC(CC([O-])=O)(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O.OC(CC([O-])=O)(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/2C6H8O7.Fe.3H3N/c2*7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10;;;;/h2*13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12);;3*1H3/q;;+3;;;/p-3</inchi>
  <inchikey>RCITVHFNWJIDNA-UHFFFAOYSA-K</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as tricarboxylic acids and derivatives. These are carboxylic acids containing exactly three carboxyl groups.</description>
    <direct_parent>Tricarboxylic acids and derivatives</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Organic acids and derivatives</super_class>
    <class>Carboxylic acids and derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Tricarboxylic acids and derivatives</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework/>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acid salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic nitrogen compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic transition metal salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Tertiary alcohols</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic nitrogen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic transition metal salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Tertiary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Tricarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
  <predicted_properties>
  </predicted_properties>
  <experimental_properties>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>-1.3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>3.05</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>-4.2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>iron(3+) ion triammonium bis(2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate)</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>488.16</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>488.04511956</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>[NH4+].[NH4+].[NH4+].[Fe+3].OC(CC([O-])=O)(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O.OC(CC([O-])=O)(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C12H22FeN3O14</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/2C6H8O7.Fe.3H3N/c2*7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10;;;;/h2*13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12);;3*1H3/q;;+3;;;/p-3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>RCITVHFNWJIDNA-UHFFFAOYSA-K</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>140.62</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>68.14</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>14.25</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>10</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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  <kegg_id/>
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</compound>
