Constituent Co(II)-acetate | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: Co(II)-acetate
Official name: Cobalt(II) acetate

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: organic salt

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $Co^{2+} \cdot (CH_3COO^-)_2$
Chemical formula: Co(CH3CO2)2
Elemental formula: (Co2+) C4 H6 O2 (O-)2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Co^{2+}$	Cobaltous cation	element	1	0.3333333333333333	1	constituent cation	main
	$(CH_3COO)^-$	Acetate ion	molecule	2	0.6666666666666666	1	constituent anion	main

Composition comments: alternative structural formula: [CH3]C(=O)O[Co]OC(=O)[CH3] (cf. Wikipedia)

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

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

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot Co^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$	2
	$\geq C-H$	3	main
	$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$	1	main
	$>C=O$	1	main
	$\eqslantgtr C-O^-$	1	main

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 177.021 $g/mol$