
Calcium Acetate
Calcium acetate is 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. It has a role as a chelator. It contains an acetate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- calcium diacetate
- Molecular formula
- C4H6CaO4
- Molecular weight
- 158.17 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 157.9891995 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 80.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 4
- Covalent units
- 3
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:3310
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1200800
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0020234
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