Acetate




An acetate, or ethanoate, is a acetic acid.

Acetate

The acetate anion, [CH3COO]−, is a carboxylate and is the acetic acid. The acetate ion is formed by the deprotonation of acetic acid:

CH3COOH ⇌ CH3COO− + H+

Acetate esters

An acetate ester is an ester of acetic acid, with the general formula CH3COOR, where R is an organyl group.

Acetate can also refer to cellulose acetate, especially fibres or other derived products such as the acetate disc used in audio record production. Cellulose acetate can be found in many household products.


Notation in organic chemistry

In the field of ethyl acetate can be denoted by HOAc, NaOAc, and EtOAc respectively.

Ac is also the symbol for the actinium, but confusion between actinium and the acetyl group is rare, since actinium has virtually no role in organic chemistry.

Structures

See also

 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Acetate". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.