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
Ni2+(CH3COCHCOCH3)22(H2O)
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
Ni2+ Nickel cation element 1 0.2 1 constituent cation main
(CH3COCHCOCH3) acetylacetonate ion molecule 2 0.4 1 constituent anion main
H2O 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
RCH3 2 main
RC(=O)R 1 main
R=CHR 1 main
ROH 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
Ni2+O 2
Ni2+O 4
CH 6 main
CH 1 main
CC 3 main
>C=C< 1 main
>C=O 1 main
CO 1 main
OH 2 main
Class
alkali salts (06)
Type
hydrated simple alkali salts (06.04)
Phase type
crystalline
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
292.94 g/mol