Acetate ion | SSHADE

Molecule

Name: Acetate ion

Name and identifiers

IUPAC name: Acetate
Secondary names: Acetate anion, Ethanoate
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H4O2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H,3,4)/p-1
InChI key: QTBSBXVTEAMEQO-UHFFFAOYSA-M
CAS number: 71-50-1

Structure and atomic composition

Formula: $(CH_3COO)^-$
Chemical formula: CH3COO-
Structural formula: [CH3]C(=O)[O-]
Charge: -1
Unpaired electrons: 0

	Atom	Name	Number
	$C$	Carbon	2
	$H$	Hydrogen	3
	$O$	Oxygen	1
	$O^-$	Oxide anion	1

Relations

no

Isotopic composition

Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

Molar mass: 59.044 $g/mol$
Protic: aprotic
Polarity: ionic

Fundamental vibration modes

Molecule symmetry: unknown
Case: nonlinear-polyatomic

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-CH_3$	1
	$R-C(=O)-O^-$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq C-H$	3
	$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$	1
	$>C=O$	1
	$\eqslantgtr C-O^-$	1