{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T08:38:59Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 19.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094c3-e1d6-71c3-bfb4-43fee3bdf748\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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[Supplier identity record](https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/substance/pentaamminechlorocobaltiiichloride2504413859513).", "Require cobalt in oxidation state +3 and an intact ammine coordination sphere, distinguishing it from cobalt(II) chloride and mixtures of cobalt salts with ammonia.", "Distinguish one coordinated chloride from two counterion chlorides; elemental chloride content alone cannot establish this partition.", "Confirm that the sixth ligand is chloride rather than water or another ligand using coordination-sensitive evidence, rather than relying on colour or total cobalt alone.", "Treat matching elemental formulas or flattened database structures as insufficient proof of identical coordination connectivity." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Coordination identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "[Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2; Co(III); five NH3 ligands; one coordinated chloride; two chloride counterions", "why_it_matters": "Defines the registered salt and distinguishes its ligand chloride from the broader chloride concept." }, { "name": "External identity mappings", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "CAS 13859-51-3; EC 237-594-8; mappings require source and review date", "why_it_matters": "Connects records across catalogues and jurisdictions. [Supplier identifier record](https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/substance/pentaamminechlorocobaltiiichloride2504413859513)." }, { "name": "Formula-unit molar mass", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "250.44 g/mol for [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2", "why_it_matters": "Supports amount-of-substance calculations after correcting for assay and water content. [Supplier formula-weight record](https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/substance/pentaamminechlorocobaltiiichloride2504413859513)." }, { "name": "Parent-complex assay and impurity profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass % or mol %, with analytical method, uncertainty and dry/as-received basis", "why_it_matters": "Separates actual complex purity from total cobalt content or trace-metal purity." }, { "name": "Water content and solid form", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Measured water mass %; identified crystalline phase; hydration status unknown or established", "why_it_matters": "Prevents moisture or an unverified hydrate assumption from corrupting dosing and identity decisions." }, { "name": "Conditioned physical properties", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Solubility in g/L or mol/L; density in g/cm3; thermal events in °C; solvent, temperature, pressure and method required", "why_it_matters": "Makes preparation and thermal decisions depend on applicable measurements rather than unqualified constants." }, { "name": "Coordination-sensitive analytical signature", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "UV-visible wavelength in nm and molar absorptivity in L mol−1 cm−1; 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chemical safety authorities regulate supply and use.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "A reddish-purple crystalline solid.", "Containers labelled with the complex name and formula." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Skin and respiratory sensitization.", "Toxicity of cobalt compounds.", "Environmental harm from heavy-metal waste." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), United Nations." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "This coordination salt is encountered in inorganic chemistry teaching and research as an example of a cobalt complex with coordinated and counterion chloride.", "It supports studies of coordination structure, ligand substitution and the relationship between composition and spectroscopic behavior." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q15410877: chloropentamminecobalt chloride", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15410877", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Chloropentamminecobalt chloride", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloropentamminecobalt_chloride", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "coordination-identity", "name": "Coordination identity", "description": "Establish which cobalt-ammine chloride substance the registry entry denotes.", "rationale": "The name contains chloride in two chemically different roles, and database representations may obscure coordination.", "layers": [ { "id": "complex-and-counterions", "name": "Complex and counterions", "description": "Represent the coordination sphere separately from charge-balancing ions.", "findings": [ { "id": "chloride-role-partition", "name": "Chloride role partition", "description": "Record [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+ and two chloride counterions explicitly; do not represent the salt as merely cobalt, ammonia and chloride totals.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the identity evidence establish five coordinated ammonia ligands and one coordinated chloride around Co(III)?", "kind": "definition", "id": "chloride-role-partition-q01" }, { "text": "Which analytical evidence distinguishes coordinated chloride from counterion chloride without overlooking changes induced by the test?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "chloride-role-partition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "names-and-records", "name": "Names and records", "description": "Connect the registry name to external records while retaining structural ambiguity.", "findings": [ { "id": "identifier-reconciliation", "name": "Identifier reconciliation", "description": "PubChem exposes relevant records under CID 15771825 and CID 159702 with different structural encodings; record this ambiguity rather than silently selecting a canonical representation. [CID 15771825](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/15771825), [CID 159702](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/159702).", "questions": [ { "text": "Which external record most faithfully represents the coordinated cation and counterions intended by this registry entry?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identifier-reconciliation-q01" }, { "text": "Which naming variants denote this same salt, and which denote a different ligand or counterion composition?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identifier-reconciliation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "sample-composition", "name": "Sample composition", "description": "Determine how much of a sample is the intended coordination salt.", "rationale": "Cobalt content, trace-metal purity and parent-complex purity answer different questions.", "layers": [ { "id": "assay-and-related-complexes", "name": "Assay and related complexes", "description": "Resolve the parent compound from chemically related impurities.", "findings": [ { "id": "complex-specific-purity", "name": "Complex-specific purity", "description": "Require an assay basis that can distinguish the intended complex from other cobalt species and residual salts.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the reported purity measure intact [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2, total cobalt, or only the absence of other metals?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "complex-specific-purity-q01" }, { "text": "What limits on other cobalt ammines, ammonium salts and unreacted cobalt salts are justified by the intended use?", "kind": "action", "id": "complex-specific-purity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "water-and-mass-basis", "name": "Water and mass basis", "description": "Establish what contributes to a weighed portion besides the parent salt.", "findings": [ { "id": "water-content-correction", "name": "Water content correction", "description": "Keep measured moisture separate from any demonstrated stoichiometric hydrate and retain the assay reporting basis.", "questions": [ { "text": "What water or 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"Associate solid-form and thermal observations with sample composition, measurement conditions and uncertainty.", "questions": [ { "text": "What diffraction or other evidence establishes the solid phase and excludes substantial secondary phases?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "phase-and-thermal-event-q01" }, { "text": "Does a reported heating event represent melting, solvent loss or decomposition, and under what atmosphere and heating rate?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "phase-and-thermal-event-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "spectral-recognition", "name": "Spectral recognition", "description": "Use reference measurements to identify the coordination environment.", "findings": [ { "id": "reference-signature-match", "name": "Reference signature match", "description": "Compare measured spectra with authenticated material under matched conditions; retain appearance only as supporting evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authenticated UV-visible, IR or diffraction reference is appropriate for this sample state?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "reference-signature-match-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed differences discriminate this chloride-ligated complex from hexaammine or aquopentaammine alternatives?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reference-signature-match-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "solution-speciation-and-use", "name": "Solution speciation and use", "description": "Track whether preparation and experimental conditions preserve the intended complex.", "rationale": "Dissolving a known mass does not by itself establish the concentration or persistence of the parent coordination species.", "layers": [ { "id": "dissolution-and-concentration", "name": "Dissolution and concentration", "description": "Separate nominal salt loading, dissolved concentration and intact-complex concentration.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditioned-solubility", "name": "Conditioned solubility", "description": "Record solvent, temperature, acidity, chloride background and equilibration time with dissolution observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What solubility has been measured in the intended medium, and was the dissolved cobalt species identified?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "conditioned-solubility-q01" }, { "text": "Does the preparation support a concentration claim for intact [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+ or only for total added cobalt?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "conditioned-solubility-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "conversion-and-retention", "name": "Conversion and retention", "description": "Assess possible ligand substitution or other transformation under the intended conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "parent-complex-persistence", "name": "Parent-complex persistence", "description": "Treat aquation, ligand replacement and oxidation-state change as transformations to investigate, with resulting species linked to neighbouring models.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes the parent-complex fraction over the intended time, temperature, pH and chloride-concentration range?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "parent-complex-persistence-q01" }, { "text": "What change in composition or analytical signature requires reanalysis, rejection or recording a transformed species?", "kind": "action", "id": "parent-complex-persistence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-and-regulatory-evidence", "name": "Handling and regulatory evidence", "description": "Tie operational constraints to this coordination salt, its sample form and applicable rules.", "rationale": "The presence of cobalt warrants precise evidence matching rather than automatic transfer of another cobalt compound's classification.", "layers": [ { "id": "classification-applicability", "name": "Classification applicability", "description": "Establish which hazard records and exposure limits actually apply.", "findings": [ { "id": "matched-hazard-record", "name": "Matched hazard record", "description": "Retain the substance identity, product composition, jurisdiction and revision date behind each hazard 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prepared solutions?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-operation-conditions-q01" }, { "text": "Which verified incompatibilities, storage limits and local waste requirements constrain the proposed operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-operation-conditions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The supplied 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"Coordination formula", "value_or_pattern": "[Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2", "note": "Distinguishes the coordinated chloride from the two chloride counterions." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of chloropentamminecobalt chloride this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Teaching coordination chemistry, including coordination spheres, oxidation states and Werner's coordination theory.", "Laboratory studies of ligand substitution and aquation in cobalt(III) complexes." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of chloropentamminecobalt chloride this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Molar mass of the anhydrous salt", "typical_range": "250.44", "unit": "g/mol" }, { "quantity": "Cobalt coordination number", "typical_range": "6", "unit": "dimensionless" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of chloropentamminecobalt chloride this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Aquation can replace the coordinated chloride with water, changing solution composition depending on conditions and elapsed time.", "Cobalt-containing dust and solutions require controlled handling; substance-specific toxicity and hazard classifications need confirmation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of chloropentamminecobalt chloride this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "chloride", "difference": "Chloride is the anion Cl−; this substance is a particular cobalt coordination salt containing chloride both as a ligand and as counterions." }, { "name": "hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride", "difference": "Contains six coordinated ammonia ligands and three chloride counterions, with formula [Co(NH3)6]Cl3." }, { "name": "pentaammineaquacobalt(III) chloride", "difference": "Contains a coordinated water molecule in place of the chloride ligand, with formula [Co(NH3)5(H2O)]Cl3." } ], "questions": [ { "id": 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