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
  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
Molar mass
257.15 $g/mol$
Color
blue, black