Thallium(III) acetate | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Thallium(III) acetate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Thallium acetate; Thallium triacetate
CAS number: 2570-63-0

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

Chemical composition

Formula: $Tl^{3+}(CH_3COO^{-})_3$
Chemical formula: Tl(CH3COO)3
Elemental formula: (Tl+) C6 H9 O3 (O-)3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Tl^+$	Thallium cation	element	1	0.25	1	constituent cation	main
	$(CH_3COO)^-$	Acetate ion	molecule	3	0.75	1	molecular ion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-C(=O)-O^-$	3
	$R-CH_3$	1
	$R-C(=O)-O^-$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot (\cdot) Tl^{3+} \cdot O^{-}$	3
	$\geq C-H$	3
	$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$	1
	$>C=O$	1
	$\eqslantgtr C-O^-$	1

Class: alkali salts (06)
Type: simple alkali salts (06.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: prismatic
Crystal class symbol: 2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup: C2/c

Physical properties

Molar mass: 381.52 $g/mol$
Density: 2.57 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid	liquid $Tl(CH_3COO)_3$	182°C (455 K)

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Pure color: colorless
Color: colorless, white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent

Links and Publications

Links

Wikipedia: Thallium(III) acetate