Chloranilic acid
Introduction '''Chloranilic acid''' is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a red-orange solid. The compound is obtained by hydrolysis of chloranil:: It is centrosymmetric, planar molecule. It also crystallizes as a dihydrate.Chloranilic acid is a noteworthy hydroxyquinone that is somewhat acidic owing to the presence of the two chloride substituents. The conjugate base, C6H2Cl2O42- readily forms coordination complexes often linking pairs of many metal ions.
See also * Chloranil
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