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calcium acetate

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The calcium salt of acetic acid. It is used, commonly as a hydrate, to treat hyperphosphataemia (excess phosphate in the blood) in patients with kidney disease: the calcium ion combines with dietary phosphate to form (insoluble) calcium phosphate, which is excreted in the faeces.

Term info

Label

calcium acetate

Synonyms
  • calcium diacetate
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
calcium diacetate [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C4H6CaO4

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

Ca(OAc)2, calcium ethanoate, calcium(II) acetate, brown acetate of lime, acetate of lime, lime acetate, lime pyrolignite, gray acetate of lime

id

CHEBI:3310

inchi

InChI=1S/2C2H4O2.Ca/c2*1-2(3)4;/h2*1H3,(H,3,4);/q;;+2/p-2

inchikey

VSGNNIFQASZAOI-UHFFFAOYSA-L

mass

158.16600

monoisotopicmass

157.98920

smiles

[Ca++].CC([O-])=O.CC([O-])=O

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