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Cobalt(II) nitrate
Chemical compound

Cobalt nitrate is the inorganic compound with the formula Co(NO3)2.xH2O. It is a cobalt(II) salt. The most common form is the hexahydrate Co(NO3)2·6H2O, which is a red-brown deliquescent salt that is soluble in water and other polar solvents.

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Composition and structures

As well as the anhydrous compound Co(NO3)2, several hydrates of cobalt(II) nitrate exist. These hydrates have the chemical formula Co(NO3)2·nH2O, where n = 0, 2, 4, 6.

Anhydrous cobalt(II) nitrate adopts a three-dimensional polymeric network structure, with each cobalt(II) atom approximately octahedrally coordinated by six oxygen atoms, each from a different nitrate ion. Each nitrate ion coordinates to three cobalts.2 The dihydrate is a two-dimensional polymer, with nitrate bridges between Co(II) centres and hydrogen bonding holding the layers together.3 The tetrahydrate consists of discrete, octahedral [(H2O)4Co(NO3)2] molecules. The hexahydrate is better described as hexaaquacobalt(II) nitrate, [Co(OH2)6][NO3]2, as it consists of discrete [Co(OH2)6]2+ and [NO3]− ions.4 Above 55 °C, the hexahydrate converts to the trihydrate and at higher temperatures to the monohydrate.5

Uses and reactions

It is commonly reduced to metallic high purity cobalt.6 It can be absorbed on to various catalyst supports for use in Fischer–Tropsch catalysis.7 It is used in the preparation of dyes and inks.8

Cobalt(II) nitrate is a common starting material for the preparation of coordination complexes such as cobaloximes,9 carbonatotetraamminecobalt(III),10 and others.11

Production

The hexahydrate is prepared treating metallic cobalt or one of its oxides, hydroxides, or carbonate with nitric acid:

Co + 4 HNO3 + 4 H2O → Co(H2O)6(NO3)2 + 2 NO2 CoO + 2 HNO3 + 5 H2O → Co(H2O)6(NO3)2 CoCO3 + 2 HNO3 + 5 H2O → Co(H2O)6(NO3)2 + CO2

References

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  2. Tikhomirov, G. A.; Znamenkov, K. O.; Morozov, I. V.; Kemnitz, E.; Troyanov, S. I. (2002). "Anhydrous Nitrates and Nitrosonium Nitratometallates of Manganese and Cobalt, M(NO3)2, NO[Mn(NO3)3], and (NO)2[Co(NO3)4]: Synthesis and Crystal Structure". Z. anorg. allg. Chem. 628 (1): 269–273. doi:10.1002/1521-3749(200201)628:1<269::AID-ZAAC269>3.0.CO;2-P. https://doi.org/10.1002%2F1521-3749%28200201%29628%3A1%3C269%3A%3AAID-ZAAC269%3E3.0.CO%3B2-P ↩

  3. Ribár, B.; Milinski, N.; Herak, R.; Krstanovič, I.; Djurič, S. (1976). "The Crystal Structure of Cobalt Nitrate Dihydrate, Co(NO3)2·2H2O". Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. 144 (1–6): 133–138. Bibcode:1976ZK....144..133R. doi:10.1524/zkri.1976.144.1-6.133. /wiki/Bibcode_(identifier) ↩

  4. Prelesnik, P. V.; Gabela, F.; Ribar, B.; Krstanovic, I. (1973). "Hexaaquacobalt(II) nitrate". Cryst. Struct. Commun. 2 (4): 581–583. ↩

  5. John Dallas Donaldson, Detmar Beyersmann, "Cobalt and Cobalt Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005. doi:10.1002/14356007.a07_281.pub2 /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  6. John Dallas Donaldson, Detmar Beyersmann, "Cobalt and Cobalt Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005. doi:10.1002/14356007.a07_281.pub2 /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  7. Ernst B, Libs S, Chaumette P, Kiennemann A. Appl. Catal. A 186 (1-2): 145-168 1999 ↩

  8. Lewis, Richard J., Sr. (2002). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary (14th Edition). John Wiley & Sons. http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=704&VerticalID=0 http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=704&VerticalID=0 ↩

  9. Schrauzer, G. N. (1968). Bis(Dimethylglyoximato)Cobalt Complexes: ("Cobaloximes"). Inorganic Syntheses. pp. 61–70. doi:10.1002/9780470132425.ch12. ISBN 9780470132425. 9780470132425 ↩

  10. Schlessinger, G. (1960). "Carbonatotetramminecobalt(III) Nitrate". Inorganic Syntheses. 6: 173–175. doi:10.1002/9780470132371.ch55. ISBN 9780470132371. {{cite journal}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) 9780470132371 ↩

  11. Hargens, Robert D.; Min, Woonza; Henney, Robert C. (1973). "Bis(ethylenediamine)sulfito Complexes of Cobalt(III)". Inorganic Syntheses. Inorganic Syntheses. pp. 77–81. doi:10.1002/9780470132456.ch15. ISBN 9780470132456. 9780470132456 ↩