Silver acetate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Silver acetate
other names	Silver (I) acetate Acetic acid silver salt
Molecular formula	C 2 H 3 AgO 2
Brief description	colorless solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 563-63-3 EC number 209-254-9 ECHA InfoCard 100.008.414 PubChem 11246 Wikidata Q416750
properties
Molar mass	166.91 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	3.259 g cm −3
solubility	slightly soluble in water (10.2 g l −1 at 20 ° C)
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances Caution H and P phrases H: 315-319-335-400 P: 261-273-305 + 351 + 338
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Silver acetate is a chemical compound from the group of acetates with the constitutional formula Ag (CH ₃ COO).

Extraction and presentation

Silver acetate can be obtained by reacting acetic acid with silver carbonate at 45-60 ° C.

${\displaystyle \mathrm {2\ CH_{3}COOH+Ag_{2}CO_{3}\longrightarrow 2\ AgCH_{3}COO+\ CO_{2}\uparrow } }$

properties

Silver acetate crystallizes in colorless needles. The salt is not very soluble in water and, like all silver salts, is sensitive to light. It reacts with alkyl iodides to form acetate esters, as the German chemist Eduard Linnemann demonstrated in the 19th century .

use

Silver acetate creates an unpleasant metallic taste in connection with cigarettes and tobacco smoke . Therefore, an attempt was made the connection in the form of chewing gums or mouth sprays for weaning use from smoking. In studies, however, no significant effect was found and it was also found that an intake of more than 750 mg can lead to symptoms of intoxication.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} D'Ans-Lax: Taschenbuch für Chemiker und Physiker , 4th edition, Volume 2, p. 386, Springer Verlag 1982, ISBN 3-540-12263-X .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Entry on silver acetate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on February 1, 2016(JavaScript required) .
3. ↑ V. Logvinenko, Polunina, O .; Mikhailov, Yu; Mikhailov, K .; Bokhonov, B .: Study of Thermal Decomposition of Silver Acetate . In: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry . 90, No. 3, 2007, pp. 813-816.
4. ^ Rudolf Werner Soukup: The scientific world of yesterday - the winners of the Ignaz L. Lieben Prize . Böhlau, 2004, ISBN 978-3-205-77303-0 ( page 37 in the Google book search).
5. ↑ Knut-Olaf Haustein, David Groneberg: Tobacco addiction. Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-5407-3308-9 , p. 541 ( limited preview in Google book search).