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Cobalt(II) nitrate hexahydrate

ACS reagent, ≥98%

Synonym(s):

Cobaltous nitrate, Cobaltous nitrate hexahydrate, Nitric acid, cobalt(II) salt

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Linear Formula:
Co(NO3)2 · 6H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
291.03
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

Assay

≥98%
98.0-102.0%

form

chips
powder, crystals or chunks
solid

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: cobalt

impurities

≤0.01% insolubles

pH

4 (20 °C, 100 g/L)

mp

55 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.002%
sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.005%

cation traces

Ca: ≤0.005%
Cu: ≤0.002%
Fe: ≤0.001%
K: ≤0.01%
Mg: ≤0.005%
NH4+: ≤0.2%
Na: ≤0.05%
Ni: ≤0.15%
Pb: ≤0.002%
Zn: ≤0.01%

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.O.O.[Co++].[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/Co.2NO3.6H2O/c;2*2-1(3)4;;;;;;/h;;;6*1H2/q+2;2*-1;;;;;;

InChI key

QGUAJWGNOXCYJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Cobalt(II)nitrate hexahydrate is a red-brown crystalline structure that is soluble in water and organic solvents. It is commonly used in the preparation of cobalt-based catalysts, pigments, chemicals, and vitamin B12 preparations. Additionally, it serves high-purity cobalt source for use in the electronics industry.

Application

Cobalt(II)nitrate hexahydrate can be used as a catalyst to synthesize:
  • 5-Carboxanilide-dihydropyrimidinone derivatives by the condensation of acetoacetanilides, aldehydes, and urea/thiourea.
  • Nitro indoles by the nitration of indoles using tert-butyl nitrite as the nitro source.
  • Quinazolinones from 2-aminobenzonitriles using alcohols in the presence of phosphine ligand.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B Inhalation - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 2 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Repr. 1B - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT RE 2 Inhalation

Target Organs

Lungs

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Thermal decomposition of cobalt nitrato compounds: Preparation of anhydrous cobalt (II) nitrate and its characterisation by Infrared and Raman spectra.
Ehrhardt C, et al.
Thermochimica Acta, 432(1), 36-40 (2005)
Horacio López-Sandoval et al.
Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 102(5-6), 1267-1276 (2008-02-29)
In this work we present the synthesis, structural and spectroscopic characterisation of a series of cobalt(II) and zinc(II) coordination compounds with benzimidazole (bz) and its 2-benzimidazole derivatives: 2-aminobenzimidazole (2ab), albendazole (abz) and tris(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine (ntb). The compounds were evaluated for their
Some Phosphine Oxide and Arsine Oxide Complexes of Cobalt (II) Nitrate.
Cotton FA, et al.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2(6), 1162-1165 (1963)
N G Al-Tawil et al.
Acta dermato-venereologica, 64(3), 203-208 (1984-01-01)
Peripheral blood lymphocytes from 45 patients with a positive patch test to cobalt chloride (CoCl2) and 37 controls were stimulated with various concentrations of CoCl2 and/or cobalt sulphate (CoSO4) or cobalt nitrate (Co(NO3)2) or cobalt acetate [CH3COO)2Co) for various days
A time-resolved in situ quick-XAS investigation of thermal activation of Fischer-Tropsch silica-supported cobalt catalysts.
Jingping Hong et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18(10), 2802-2805 (2012-02-07)

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