Zirconium acetate usually refers to the chemical formula Zr6O4(OH)4(O2CCH3)12. It forms by the reaction of zirconyl chloride and acetate. Claims of Zr(O2CCH3)4[1] have been superseded by experiments using X-ray crystallography.[2]

Zirconium(IV) acetate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/12C2H4O2.4H2O.4O.6Zr/c12*1-2(3)4;;;;;;;;;;;;;;/h12*1H3,(H,3,4);4*1H2;;;;;;;;;;/q;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;4*-2;6*+4/p-16
    Key: RGWBNEKRIQDQRP-UHFFFAOYSA-A
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Properties
C24H40O32Zr6
Molar mass 1387.896 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
soluble
Related compounds
Related compounds
zirconium dioxide, zirconium(IV) chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

The species Zr6O4(OH)4(O2CCH3)12 is a common precursor to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pavlov, V. L.; Lysenko, Yu. A.; Kalinichenko, A. A. Synthesis and properties of zirconium tetraacetate.(in Russian) Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1972. 17(12). ISSN 0044-457X
  2. ^ Hennig, Christoph; Weiss, Stephan; Kraus, Werner; Kretzschmar, Jerome; Scheinost, Andreas C. (2017). "Solution Species and Crystal Structure of Zr(IV) Acetate". Inorganic Chemistry. 56 (5): 2473–2480. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01624. PMID 28199091.
  3. ^ Cavka, Jasmina Hafizovic; Jakobsen, Søren; Olsbye, Unni; Guillou, Nathalie; Lamberti, Carlo; Bordiga, Silvia; Lillerud, Karl Petter (2008). "A New Zirconium Inorganic Building Brick Forming Metal Organic Frameworks with Exceptional Stability". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (42): 13850–13851. doi:10.1021/ja8057953. PMID 18817383.