Manganese oxalate is a chemical compound, a salt of manganese and oxalic acid with the chemical formula MnC
2
O
4
.[2][3] The compound creates light pink crystals, does not dissolve in water, and forms crystalline hydrates.[4] It occurs naturally as the mineral Lindbergite.[5]

Manganese oxalate
Names
Other names
Manganese(II) oxalate, Manganese(2+) oxalate, Lindbergite
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 211-367-3
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2H2O4.Mn/c3-1(4)2(5)6;/h(H,3,4)(H,5,6);/q;+2/p-2
    Key: RGVLTEMOWXGQOS-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • C(=O)(C(=O)[O-])[O-].[Mn+2]
Properties
C2MnO4
Molar mass 142.956 g·mol−1
Appearance Light pink crystals
Density 2.43
insoluble
1.7×10−7[1]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H302, H312
P264, P270, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P312, P322, P330, P363, P501
Related compounds
Related compounds
Magnesium oxalate
Strontium oxalate
Barium oxalate
Iron(II) oxalate
Iron(III) oxalate
Praseodymium oxalate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Synthesis

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Exchange reaction between sodium oxalate and manganese chloride:

 

Physical properties

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Manganese oxalate forms light pink crystals.

It does not dissolve in water, p Ksp= 6.8.

Forms crystalline hydrates of the composition MnC2O4n H2O, where n = 2 and 3.[6]

Crystalline hydrate of the composition MnC2O4•2H2O forms light pink crystals of the orthorhombic system, space group P212121, cell parameters a = 0.6262 nm, b = 1.3585 nm, c = 0.6091 nm, Z = 4, melts in its own crystallization water at 100°C.[7][8]

Chemical properties

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Decomposes on heating:

 

Application

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  • Manganese oxalate is used as an auxiliary siccative.
  • Manganese oxalate precursor is used to synthesize single phase nanoparticles of various manganese oxides, such as MnO, Mn
    2
    O
    3
    , and Mn
    3
    O
    4
    .[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ John Rumble (June 18, 2018). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (99 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 5–188. ISBN 978-1138561632.
  2. ^ Lunge, Georg (1924). Lunge and Keane's Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis. 2d Ed., Edited by Charles A. Keane ...and P.C.L. Thorne. Gurney and Jackson. p. 61. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ Young, Philena Anne (1928). The Volumetric Determination of Vanadium and Chromium in Special Alloy Steels: Ceric Sulfate as a Volumetric Oxidizing Agent. Mack Printing Company. p. 74. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ Donkova, B.; Mehandjiev, D. (2004). "Mechanism of decomposition of manganese(II) oxalate dihydrate and manganese(II) oxalate trihydrate". Thermochimica Acta. 421 (1–2): 141–149. Bibcode:2004TcAc..421..141D. doi:10.1016/j.tca.2004.04.001. ISSN 0040-6031. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ Atencio, Daniel; Coutinho, José M.V.; Graeser, Stefan; Matioli, Paulo A.; Menezes Filho, Luiz A.D. (2004). "Lindbergite, a new Mn oxalate dihydrate from Boca Rica mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences". American Mineralogist. 89 (7): 1087–1091. Bibcode:2004AmMin..89.1087A. doi:10.2138/am-2004-0721. ISSN 1945-3027. S2CID 100604132. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ Nedyalkova, Miroslava; Antonov, Vladislav (1 January 2018). "Manganese oxalates - structure-based Insights". Open Chemistry. 16 (1): 1176–1183. doi:10.1515/chem-2018-0123. ISSN 2391-5420. S2CID 104343447.
  7. ^ Puzan, Anna N.; Baumer, Vyacheslav N.; Lisovytskiy, Dmytro V.; Mateychenko, Pavel V. (1 April 2018). "Structure disordering and thermal decomposition of manganese oxalate dihydrate, MnC2O4·2H2O". Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 260: 87–94. Bibcode:2018JSSCh.260...87P. doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2018.01.022. ISSN 0022-4596. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  8. ^ Donkova, Borjana; Avdeev, Georgi (1 August 2015). "Synthesis and decomposition mechanism of γ-MnC2O4·2H2O rods under non-isothermal and isothermal conditions". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 121 (2): 567–577. doi:10.1007/s10973-015-4590-4. ISSN 1588-2926. S2CID 97032400. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ Ahmad, Tokeer; Ramanujachary, Kandalam V.; Lofland, Samuel E.; Ganguli, Ashok K. (24 November 2004). "Nanorods of manganese oxalate: a single source precursor to different manganese oxide nanoparticles (MnO, Mn2O3, Mn3O4)". Journal of Materials Chemistry. 14 (23): 3406–3410. doi:10.1039/B409010A. ISSN 1364-5501. Retrieved 5 August 2021.