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Oxalates
Oxalate (systematic IUPAC name: ethanedioate) is an anion with the chemical formula . This dianion is colorless. It occurs naturally, including in some foods. It forms a variety of salts, for example sodium oxalate (), and several esters such as dimethyl oxalate (). It is a conjugate base of oxalic acid. At neutral pH in aqueous solution, oxalic acid converts completely to oxalate. Relationship to oxalic acid The dissociation of protons from oxalic acid proceeds in a determined order; as for other polyprotic acids, loss of a single proton results in the monovalent hydrogenoxalate anion . A salt with this anion is sometimes called an acid oxalate, monobasic oxalate, or hydrogen oxalate. The equilibrium constant ( ''K''a) for loss of the first proton is ( p''K''a = 1.27). The loss of the second proton, which yields the oxalate ion, has an equilibrium constant of (p''K''a = 4.28). These values imply, in solutions with neutral pH, no oxalic acid and only tra ...
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Caesium Oxalate
Caesium oxalate (standard IUPAC spelling), or dicesium oxalate, or cesium oxalate (American spelling) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is a caesium salt of oxalic acid. It consists of caesium cations and oxalate anions . Preparation Caesium oxalate can be prepared by passing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide over caesium carbonate at 380 °C: : Other alkali carbonates do not undergo transformation to oxalate. Caesium carbonate can react with oxalic acid in aqueous solution to give caesium oxalate. : Chemical Reactions Caesium oxalate can be reduced back into caesium carbonate and carbon monoxide by thermal decomposition. : Double salts Compounds that contain caesium and another element in addition to the oxalate anion are double salts of caesium and oxalate. The oxalate may form a complex with a metal that can make a salt In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especi ...
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Rubidium Oxalate
Rubidium oxalate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is a rubidium salt of oxalic acid. It consists of rubidium cations and oxalate anions . Rubidium oxalate forms a monohydrate . Preparation Rubidium carbonate and oxalic acid react to form rubidium oxalate: : Rubidium oxalate can also be obtained via the thermal decomposition of rubidium formate: : Properties From an aqueous solution, rubidium oxalate crystallizes as a monohydrate in the monoclinic crystal system. and is isomorphic to potassium oxalate monohydrate . Two forms of the anhydrous form () exist at room temperature: one form is monoclinic and isotypic to caesium oxalate (), the other is orthorhombic and isotypic to potassium oxalate (). Freshly prepared anhydrous rubidium oxalate initially contains mainly the monoclinic form, but this slowly transforms irreversibly into the orthorhombic form. In 2004, two more high-temperature forms of rubidium oxalate were discovered. Crystal data of ...
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Sodium Oxalate
Sodium oxalate, or disodium oxalate, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is the sodium Salt (chemistry), salt of oxalic acid. It contains sodium cations and oxalate anions . It is a white, crystalline, odorless solid, that decomposes above 290 °C. Sodium oxalate can act as a reducing agent, and it may be used as a primary standard for standardizing potassium permanganate () solutions. The mineral form of sodium oxalate is natroxalate. It is only very rarely found and restricted to extremely Soil salinity#Sodic soils, sodic conditions of ultra-alkaline pegmatites. Preparation Sodium oxalate can be prepared through the Neutralization (chemistry), neutralization of oxalic acid with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in a 1:2 acid-to-Base (chemistry), base Mole (unit), molar ratio. Evaporation yields the anhydrous oxalate that can be thoroughly dried by heating to between 200 and 250 °C. Half-neutralization can be accomplished with NaOH in a 1:1 ratio which produces , Acid ...
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Oxalic Acid
Oxalic acid is an organic acid with the systematic name ethanedioic acid and chemical formula , also written as or or . It is the simplest dicarboxylic acid. It is a white crystalline solid that forms a colorless solution in water. Its name is derived from early investigators who isolated oxalic acid from flowering plants of the genus '' Oxalis'', commonly known as wood-sorrels. It occurs naturally in many foods. Excessive ingestion of oxalic acid or prolonged skin contact can be dangerous. Oxalic acid is a much stronger acid than acetic acid. It is a reducing agent and its conjugate bases hydrogen oxalate () and oxalate () are chelating agents for metal cations. It is used as a cleaning agent, especially for the removal of rust, because it forms a water-soluble ferric iron complex, the ferrioxalate ion. Oxalic acid typically occurs as the dihydrate with the formula . History The preparation of salts of oxalic acid from plants had been known since at least 1745, when ...
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Hydrogenoxalate
Hydrogenoxalate or hydrogen oxalate ''(IUPAC name: 2-Hydroxy-2-oxoacetate)'' is an anion with chemical formula or , derived from oxalic acid by the loss of a single proton; or, alternatively, from the oxalate anion by addition of a proton. The name is also used for any salt containing this anion. Especially in older literature, hydrogenoxalates may also be referred to as bioxalates, acid oxalates, or monobasic oxalates. Hydrogenoxalate is amphoteric, in that it can react both as an acid or a base. Well characterized salts include sodium hydrogenoxalate (), potassium hydrogenoxalate (), ammonium hydrogenoxalate (), rubidium hydrogenoxalate () and dimethylammonium hydrogenoxalate (). Structure Most hydrogenoxalate salts are hydrated. For example, potassium hydrogen oxalate crystallizes as . These materials exhibit extended structures resulting from extensive hydrogen bonding and anion-cation interactions. The hydrates dehydrate upon heating: : Proton transfer in hydrogen ...
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Equilibrium Constant
The equilibrium constant of a chemical reaction is the value of its reaction quotient at chemical equilibrium, a state approached by a dynamic chemical system after sufficient time has elapsed at which its composition has no measurable tendency towards further change. For a given set of reaction conditions, the equilibrium constant is independent of the initial analytical concentrations of the reactant and product species in the mixture. Thus, given the initial composition of a system, known equilibrium constant values can be used to determine the Chemical equilibrium#Composition of a mixture, composition of the system at equilibrium. However, reaction parameters like temperature, solvent, and ionic strength may all influence the value of the equilibrium constant. A knowledge of equilibrium constants is essential for the understanding of many chemical systems, as well as the biochemical processes such as oxygen transport by hemoglobin in blood and acid–base homeostasis in the ...
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Oxidation
Redox ( , , reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change. Oxidation is the loss of electrons or an increase in the oxidation state, while reduction is the gain of electrons or a decrease in the oxidation state. The oxidation and reduction processes occur simultaneously in the chemical reaction. There are two classes of redox reactions: * Electron-transfer – Only one (usually) electron flows from the atom, ion, or molecule being oxidized to the atom, ion, or molecule that is reduced. This type of redox reaction is often discussed in terms of redox couples and electrode potentials. * Atom transfer – An atom transfers from one substrate to another. For example, in the rusting of iron, the oxidation state of iron atoms increases as the iron converts to an oxide, and simultaneously, the oxidation state of oxygen decreases as it accepts electrons released by the iron. Although oxidati ...
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Electrostatic Interaction
Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies slow-moving or stationary electric charges. Since classical times, it has been known that some materials, such as amber, attract lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word (), meaning 'amber', was thus the root of the word ''electricity''. Electrostatic phenomena arise from the forces that electric charges exert on each other. Such forces are described by Coulomb's law. There are many examples of electrostatic phenomena, from those as simple as the attraction of plastic wrap to one's hand after it is removed from a package, to the apparently spontaneous explosion of grain silos, the damage of electronic components during manufacturing, and photocopier and laser printer operation. The electrostatic model accurately predicts electrical phenomena in "classical" cases where the velocities are low and the system is macroscopic so no quantum effects are involved. It also plays a role in quantum mechanics, where additional ...
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Pi Interaction
In chemistry, π-effects or π-interactions are a type of non-covalent interaction that involves π systems. Just like in an electrostatic interaction where a region of negative charge interacts with a positive charge, the electron-rich π system can interact with a metal (cationic or neutral), an anion, another molecule and even another π system. Non-covalent interactions involving π systems are pivotal to biological events such as protein-ligand recognition. Types The most common types of π-interactions involve: *Metal–π interactions: involves interaction of a metal and the face of a π system, the metal can be a cation (known as cation–π interactions) or neutral *Polar–π interactions: involves interaction of a polar molecule and quadrupole moment a π system. * Aromatic–aromatic interactions (π stacking): involves interactions of aromatic molecules with each other. **Arene–perfluoroarene interaction: electron-rich benzene ring interacts with electron-poor h ...
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Single Bond
In chemistry, a single bond is a chemical bond between two atoms involving two valence electrons. That is, the atoms share one pair of electrons where the bond forms. Therefore, a single bond is a type of covalent bond. When shared, each of the two electrons involved is no longer in the sole possession of the Atomic orbital, orbital in which it originated. Rather, both of the two electrons spend time in either of the orbitals which overlap in the bonding process. As a Lewis structure, a single bond is denoted as AːA or A-A, for which A represents an element. In the first rendition, each dot represents a shared electron, and in the second rendition, the bar represents both of the electrons shared in the single bond. A covalent bond can also be a double bond or a triple bond. A single bond is weaker than either a double bond or a triple bond. This difference in strength can be explained by examining the component bonds of which each of these types of covalent bonds consists (Moo ...
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Carbon–carbon Bond
A carbon–carbon bond is a covalent bond between two carbon atoms. The most common form is the single bond: a bond composed of two electrons, one from each of the two atoms. The carbon–carbon single bond is a sigma bond and is formed between one hybridized orbital from each of the carbon atoms. In ethane, the orbitals are sp3- hybridized orbitals, but single bonds formed between carbon atoms with other hybridizations do occur (e.g. sp2 to sp2). In fact, the carbon atoms in the single bond need not be of the same hybridization. Carbon atoms can also form double bonds in compounds called alkenes or triple bonds in compounds called alkynes. A double bond is formed with an sp2-hybridized orbital and a p-orbital that is not involved in the hybridization. A triple bond is formed with an sp-hybridized orbital and two p-orbitals from each atom. The use of the p-orbitals forms a pi bond. Chains and branching Carbon is one of the few elements that can form long chains of its own atoms, a ...
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Conformational Isomerism
In chemistry, rotamers are chemical species that differ from one another primarily due to rotations about one or more single bonds. Various arrangements of atoms in a molecule that differ by rotation about single bonds can also be referred to as conformations. Conformers/rotamers differ little in their energies, so they are almost never separable in a practical sense. Rotations about single bonds are subject to small energy barriers. When the time scale for interconversion is long enough for isolation of individual rotamers (usually arbitrarily defined as a half-life of interconversion of 1000 seconds or longer), the species are termed atropisomers (''see:'' atropisomerism). The Ring flip, ring-flip of substituted cyclohexanes constitutes a common form of conformers. The study of the energetics of bond rotation is referred to as conformational analysis. In some cases, conformational analysis can be used to predict and explain product selectivity, mechanisms, and rates of reaction ...
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