Constituent
Name
Nickel(II) acetylacetonate dihydrate
Official name
Nickel(II) acetylacetonate dihydrate
Family
ionic solid
Class
alkali salt
Compound type
organic salt
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Formula
$Ni^{2+} \cdot (CH_3COCHCO^-CH_3)_2 \bullet 2(H_2O)$
Chemical formula
Ni(CH3COCHCOCH3)2•2(H2O)
Elemental formula
(Ni2+) C10 H18 O6
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Ni^{2+}$ Nickel cation element 1 0.2 1 constituent cation main
$(CH_3COCHCOCH_3)^-$ acetylacetonate ion molecule 2 0.4 1 constituent anion main
$H_2O$ Water molecule 2 0.4 1 hydration main
Composition comments
trans-isomer is more stale - The 4 oxygens may be linked to Ni^{2+}
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-CH_3$ 2 main
$R-C(=O)-R$ 1 main
$R=CH-R$ 1 main
$R-OH$ 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$\cdot Ni^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$ 2
$\cdot\cdot-Ni^{2+}-O-$ 4
$\geq C-H$ 6 main
$\eqslantgtr C-H$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 3 main
$>C=C<$ 1 main
$>C=O$ 1 main
$\eqslantgtr C-O^-$ 1 main
$-O-H$ 2 main
Class
alkali salts (06)
Type
hydrated simple alkali salts (06.04)
Phase type
crystalline
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
292.94 $g/mol$