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Na2[Fe(CN)5NO] • 2H2O
ASSIGNMENT 1 :
COORDINATION COMPLEX IN DAILY LIFE
NAME SITI FATIMAH NAZLIA BINTI RUSLAN
MATRIC NUMBER D20171078199
LECTURER’S NAME PROFESOR MADYA DR. NORHAYATI BINTI HASHIM
LECTURE GROUP A
STRUCTURE
Sodium nitroprusside is disodium pentacyanonitrosylferrate(2-) dihydrate, a
hypotensive agent whose structural formula is:
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
CHEMICAL
PROPERTIES
Density : Soluble in
1.72 g/𝑐𝑚3 Water
Control High
blood pressure
USE OF SODIUM
NITROPRUSSIDE
Severe
Control bleeding
congestive heart
during surgery
failure
FUNCTION OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE
Control High Blood Pressure
This NO works as vasodilator,
Once in the body, sodium
causing the muscles
nitroprusside is quickly As the blood vessels expand,
surrounding blood vessels to
broken down nitric oxide, blood pressure drops.
relax, allowing the blood
powerful vasodilator.
vessels themselves to expand.