Dicobalt edetate

Dicobalt edetate
Skeletal formula of dicobalt edetate
Ball-and-stick model of the dicobalt edetate molecule
Names
Other names
Kelocyanor
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.048.227
UNII
Properties
C10H12Co2N2O8.6H2O
Molar mass 406.08 g/mol
514.18 g/mol (hexahydrate)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Dicobalt edetate is the coordination compound with the approximate formula Co2(EDTA)(H2O)6.

Solutions of this solid have been used in Europe as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.[1]

It is a derivative of the (non-natural) amino acid ethylenediaminetetraacetate.

Structure

The compound is polymeric in the crystalline form. Half of the Co2+ ions are bound to the EDTA2 and the other Co2+ ions are bound to four water ligands as well as carboxylate ligands on the [Co(EDTA)]2 entity.[2] In aqueous solution, depolymerization occurs to give [Co(EDTA)]2 and [Co(H2O)6]2+ ions, each of which is kinetically labile and has a high affinity for cyanide.

Oxidation of [Co(II)(EDTA)]2 gives [Co(III)(EDTA)], which is so kinetically inert that it can be resolved optically.[3]

References

  1. Pickering WG (December 1985). "Cyanide toxicity and the hazards of dicobalt edetate". Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 291 (6509): 1644. doi:10.1136/bmj.291.6509.1644-a. PMC 1418389. PMID 2866807.
  2. E. F. K. Mccandlish, T. K. Michael; Rose, N. J.; Neal, J. A.; Lingafelter, E. C.; Rose, N. J. (1978). "Comparison of the Structures and Aqueous Solutions of [(O-Phenylenediaminetetraacetato(2-)]Cobalt(II) and [Ethylenediaminetetraacetato(2-)]Cobalt(II)". Inorg. Chem. 17 (6): 1383–94. doi:10.1021/ic50184a001.
  3. Dwyer, F. P.; Garvan, F. L. (1960). "Resolution of the Ethylenediaminetetracetatocobaltate(III) Ion". Inorg. Synth. VI: 192–4. doi:10.1002/9780470132371.ch61. ISBN 978-0-470-13237-1.
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