CAS 20427-58-1PubChem CID 9812759
Zinc Hydroxide
Zinc hydroxide is a hydroxide of zinc, with the chemical formula Zn(OH)2. It is used in surgical dressings. Zinc is a metallic element with the atomic number 30. It is found in nature most often as the mineral sphalerite. It also occurs naturally as 3 rare minerals: wн_lfingite (orthorhombic), ashoverite and sweetite (both tetragonal).Though excess zinc in harmful, in smaller amounts it is an essential element for life, as it is a cofactor for over 300 enzymes and is found in just as many transcription factors. (L48, L49, L68) — Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)
- IUPAC name
- zinc dihydroxide
- Molecular formula
- H2O2Zn
- Molecular weight
- 99.4 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 97.934621 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 2.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 3
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
OXK3V8KJ7LRefChem:904951zinc(2+) ion dihydroxide243-814-3Zinc hydroxide (Zn(OH)2)ZINCHYDROXIDEO2ZnZinc hydroxide [VANDF]
External database identifiers
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID7042516
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