Is Pb(CH3COO)2 an organic compound or an inorganic one?
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Is Pb(CH3COO)2 an organic compound or an inorganic one?
The teacher asked us to tell him at least two inorganic compounds that have sweet taste. I know very well that Pb(CH3COO)2 is sweet but I don't now if it is inorganic...
well its hard to say what is organic and what is inorganic, for example at my school at department of inorganic chemistry the most of the work done there are metal complexes with organic ligans (mostly).
Organic chemistry usualy consists of molecules with C-C bond, but I think its only matter of personal preference. I think that separating the chemistry to organic / inorganic is mostly memory from the past time, because now its so linked together that you cant clearly say this is organic / inorganic coumpound most of the time.
BeCl2 has sweet taste too, acording to the internet (in case you are looking for the second one.)
Organic chemistry usualy consists of molecules with C-C bond, but I think its only matter of personal preference. I think that separating the chemistry to organic / inorganic is mostly memory from the past time, because now its so linked together that you cant clearly say this is organic / inorganic coumpound most of the time.
BeCl2 has sweet taste too, acording to the internet (in case you are looking for the second one.)
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GrahamKemp
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Yes. No. Both.
Yes. No. Both.
Lead(II) acetate, or Lead diethanoate, is an organic compound. It's also an inorganic compound. It's a salt of lead and ethanoic acid (a.k.a. acetic acid). Known as a metalorganic salt to be precise, it has the properties of both an ionic compound, and an organic compound.
Once called lead sugar, it's reportedly sweet tasting. Sweet, but toxic. I highly do not recommend taste-testing it. (Mostly for the long term effects.)
( KriggY, there's a carbon-carbon bond between the methyl and carboxyl groups in the ethanoate ions. CH3-COO- )
Lead(II) acetate, or Lead diethanoate, is an organic compound. It's also an inorganic compound. It's a salt of lead and ethanoic acid (a.k.a. acetic acid). Known as a metalorganic salt to be precise, it has the properties of both an ionic compound, and an organic compound.
Once called lead sugar, it's reportedly sweet tasting. Sweet, but toxic. I highly do not recommend taste-testing it. (Mostly for the long term effects.)
( KriggY, there's a carbon-carbon bond between the methyl and carboxyl groups in the ethanoate ions. CH3-COO- )
Re: Yes. No. Both.
oh damn..you are absolutely right (edited)...GrahamKemp wrote: ( KriggY, there's a carbon-carbon bond between the methyl and carboxyl groups in the ethanoate ions. CH3-COO- )
