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IUPAC name Cadmium acetate | |
Other names Cadmium diacetate | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.008.049![]() |
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UN number | 2570 |
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Properties | |
Cd(CH3COO)2 (anhydrous) Cd(CH3COO)2·2H2O (dihydrate) | |
Molar mass | 230.500 g/mol (anhydrous) 266.529 g/mol (dihydrate) |
Appearance | colorless crystals (anhydrous) white crystals (dihydrate) |
Odor | acetic acid |
Density | 2.341 g/cm3 (anhydrous) 2.01 g/cm3 (dihydrate) |
Melting point | 255 °C (491 °F; 528 K) (anhydrous) dihydrate decomposes at 130°C[1] |
soluble (anhydrous), very soluble (dihydrate) | |
Solubility | soluble inmethanol,ethanol (anhydrous) soluble inethanol (dihydrate) |
−83.7·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Structure | |
monoclinic | |
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H302,H312,H332,H410 | |
P261,P264,P270,P271,P273,P280,P301+P312,P302+P352,P304+P312,P304+P340,P312,P322,P330,P363,P391,P501 | |
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NIOSH (US health exposure limits): | |
PEL (Permissible) | [1910.1027] TWA 0.005 mg/m3 (as Cd)[2] |
REL (Recommended) | Ca[2] |
IDLH (Immediate danger) | Ca [9 mg/m3 (as Cd)][2] |
Related compounds | |
Otheranions | Cadmium fluoride Cadmium chloride Cadmium bromide Cadmium iodide |
Othercations | Zinc acetate Mercury(II) acetate Silver acetate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Cadmium acetate is thechemical compound with theformulaCd(O2CCH3)2(H2O)2. The compound is marketed both as the anhydrous form and as adihydrate, both of which are white or colorless. Only the dihydrate has been verified byX-ray crystallography.
It forms by treatingcadmium oxide withacetic acid:[3][4]
It can also be prepared by treatingcadmium nitrate withacetic anhydride.[5]
Cadmium acetate has few applications. By reaction withtrioctylphosphine selenide, it has often been used as a precursor tocadmium selenide and related semiconductors.[6]
Unlike the coordination geometry of zinc inzinc diacetate dihydrate, cadmium is seven coordinate inCd(O2CCH3)2(H2O)2.[7] It is acoordination polymer, featuring acetate ligands interconnecting cadmium centers.
Cadmium compounds are consideredGroup 1 carcinogens by the IARC.