Constituent Co(acac)2 (Cobalt(II) acetylacetonate) | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: Co(acac)2 (Cobalt(II) acetylacetonate)
Official name: Cobalt(II) acetylacetonate

Family: ionic solid
Class: alkali 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: $Co^{2+} \cdot (CH_3COCHCO^-CH_3)_2$
Chemical formula: Co(CH3COCHCOCH3)2
Elemental formula: (Co2+) C10 H14 O4
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
	$(CH_3COCHCOCH_3)^-$	acetylacetonate ion	molecule	2	0.6666666666666666	1	molecular ion	main

Composition comments: The 4 oxygen atoms may be linked to Co^{3+}

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$R-CH_3$	2	main
	$R-C(=O)-R$	1	main
	$R=CH-R$	1	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot Co^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$	2
	$\geq C-H$	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

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

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 257.15 $g/mol$

Optical properties

Color: blue, black