Abstract
A previous Journal article [J. Chem. Educ. 1984, 61, 1098--1099] described a potassium tris(oxalato)ferrate(III) trihydrate empirical formula experiment that offered an excellent integrative experience in synthesis and characterization for general chemistry laboratory students. However, we have introduced a fast and accurate spectrophotometric method for the determination of iron in the product that takes the place of the photochemical-gravimetric procedure described in the article. Besides the pedagogic interest of bringing three different types of chemical analysis (titrimetric, gravimetric, and spectrophotometric) to bear on one compound, the new iron determination allows students to complete the experiment in 2, 3-hr laboratory periods rather than the 5 periods allotted in the original experiment.
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