Cadmium acetate is the chemical compound with the formulaCd(O2CCH3)2(H2O)2. The compound is marketed both as the anhydrous form and as a dihydrate, both of which are white or colorless. Only the dihydrate has been verified by X-ray crystallography.
Unlike the coordination geometry of zinc in zinc diacetate dihydrate, cadmium is seven coordinate in Cd(O2CCH3)2(H2O)2.[7] It is a coordination polymer, featuring acetate ligands interconnecting cadmium centers.
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