
Potassium Iodide
Potassium iodide is a metal iodide salt with a K(+) counterion. It is a scavenger of hydroxyl radicals. It has a role as a NMR chemical shift reference compound, a radical scavenger and an expectorant. It contains an iodide. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- potassium iodide
- Molecular formula
- IK
- Molecular weight
- 166.0028 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 165.86818 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:8346
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1141
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID7034836
- PubMed:38013145
- PubMed:32593569
- PubMed:29923297
- PubMed:29050248
- PubMed:27568464
- PubMed:24231001
- PubMed:19014992
- PubMed:18588940
- PubMed:9392993
- PubMed:8882155
- PubMed:4416533
- PubMed:3840600
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