Chemistry:Rubidium oxalate

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Rubidium oxalate
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Identifiers
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Properties
Rb
2
C
2
O
4
Molar mass 258.954 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless crystals
Density 2.76 g/cm3 (monohydrate)
Related compounds
Other anions
Other cations
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Rubidium oxalate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula Rb
2
C
2
O
4
. It is a rubidium salt of oxalic acid. It consists of rubidium cations Rb+
and oxalate anions C
2
O2−
4
. Rubidium oxalate forms a monohydrate Rb
2
C
2
O
4
 · H2O
.

Preparation

Rubidium carbonate and oxalic acid react to form rubidium oxalate:[1]

Rb
2
CO
3
+ H
2
C
2
O
4
→ Rb
2
C
2
O
4
+ H
2
O + CO
2

Rubidium oxalate can also be obtained via the thermal decomposition of rubidium formate:[2]

2 HCOORb → Rb
2
C
2
O
4
+ H
2

Properties

From an aqueous solution, rubidium oxalate crystallizes as a monohydrate Rb
2
C
2
O
4
 · H2O
in the monoclinic crystal system.[3] and is isomorphic to potassium oxalate monohydrate K
2
C
2
O
4
 · H2O
.[4] Two forms of the anhydrous form (Rb
2
C
2
O
4
) exist at room temperature: one form is monoclinic and isotypic to caesium oxalate (Cs
2
C
2
O
4
), the other is orthorhombic and isotypic to potassium oxalate (K
2
C
2
O
4
).[5] Freshly prepared anhydrous rubidium oxalate initially contains mainly the monoclinic form, but this slowly transforms irreversibly into the orthorhombic form.[6] In 2004, two more high-temperature forms of rubidium oxalate were discovered.[7]

Crystal data of the different forms of rubidium oxalate

Form Crystal system Space group a in Å b in Å c in Å β Z
Alpha[5] monoclinic P21/c 6.328 10.455 8.217 98.016° 4
Beta[5] orthorhombic Pbam 11.288 6.295 3.622 2
Monohydrate[8] monoclinic C2/c 9.617 6.353 11.010 109.46° 4

The standard enthalpy of formation of the crystalline rubidium oxalate is 1325.0 ± 8.1 kJ/mol.[9]

The decomposition of rubidium oxalate with the release of carbon monoxide and subsequently carbon dioxide and oxygen takes place at 507–527 °C (945–981 °F; 780–800 K).[6][2]

Rb
2
C
2
O
4
→ Rb
2
CO
3
+ CO↑
Rb
2
CO
3
→ Rb
2
O + CO
2
2 Rb
2
O → 4 Rb + O
2

In addition to the neutral rubidium oxalate Rb
2
C
2
O
4
, there is also an acidic salt, rubidium hydrogen oxalate with the formula RbHC
2
O
4
, which is isomorphic to potassium hydrogen oxalate KHC
2
O
4
[10] and forms monoclinic crystals,[11] and an acidic dioxalate with the formula RbHC
2
O
4
 · H
2
C
2
O
4
, which exists as a dihydrate, has a density of 2.125 g/cm3 at 18 °C and a solubility of 21 g/L at 21 °C.[12]

Upon evaporation of a solution in hydrogen peroxide, rubidium oxalate forms a monoperhydrate of the formula Rb
2
C
2
O
4
 · H2O
2
, which forms monoclinic crystals that are relatively stable in air.[13]

Rubidium oxalate reacts with hydrogen fluoride to form a hydrofluoridate salt (RbHC
2
O
4
 · HF
):[14]

Rb
2
C
2
O
4
+ 2 HF → RbHC
2
O
4
 · HF + RbF

References

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