Cadmium acetate
Cadmium acetate is the chemical compound with the formula. 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.
Preparation, reactions, and uses
It forms by treating cadmium oxide with acetic acid:It can also be prepared by treating cadmium nitrate with acetic anhydride.
Cadmium acetate has few applications. By reaction with trioctylphosphine selenide, it has often been used as a precursor to cadmium selenide and related semiconductors.