Zirconium(IV) acetate


Zirconium acetate or zirconyl acetate, or just zirconium acetate, usually refers to the chemical formula . It is a white solid formed by the reaction of zirconyl chloride with acetic acid. Claims of have been superseded by experiments using X-ray crystallography.
The species is a common precursor to metal-organic frameworks. The structure of the 8.5 hydrate has been determined by EXAFS. The core can be described as a octahedron is face-capped with oxide and hydroxide ligands.