How to write chemical formula for reactants with dots? Ex: Cu(NO3)2 + NaC2H3O2 • 3H2O = ?

Cu(NO3)2 + NaC2H3O2 • 3H2O =

1 Answer
Jul 17, 2018

This is simply a partner exchange reaction...

Explanation:

#Cu(NO_3)_2(aq) + H_3C-CO_2^(-)Na^(+) stackrel(H_2O)rightleftharpoonsCu(O_2C-CH_3)_2(aq) + 2NaNO_3(aq)#

The waters after the dot in #NaO_2C-CH_3*3H_2O# are so called solvents of crystallization. The reagent we use from the bottle is the trihydrate...and this hydration often makes it easier to measure out the mass of an equivalent molar quantity of acetate ion.