965. Barium Acetate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 543-80-6
Acetic acid barium salt (2:1).
C4H6BaO4; mol wt 255.42.
C 18.81%, H 2.37%, Ba 53.77%, O 25.06%.
Ba(C2H3O2)2.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Barium (8th ed.) 30, 315 (1932) and supplement, 478 (1960). Toxicity study: Syed, Hosain, Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 22, 150 (1972). Crystal structure: I. Gautier-Luneau, A. Mosset, J. Solid State Chem. 73, 473 (1988).

Properties

White crystals; slight acetic odor. d 2.51.

Derivative

Monohydrate.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 5908-64-5
C4H6BaO4.H2O; mol wt 273.43.
C 17.57%, H 2.95%, Ba 50.22%, O 29.26%.

Properties

Poisonous. d 2.19. Loses its H2O of hydration at 110°. One gram dissolves in 1.5 ml cold or boiling water, in 700 ml alc. The aq soln is neutral or slightly acid to litmus. LD50 i.v. in ICR mice: 23.31 mg Ba2+/kg (Syed, Hosain).

Use

Mordant for printing fabrics; in lubricating oil and grease; as catalyst for organic reactions.