The oxalate (also ethanedioate) ion is (COO)₂²⁻ and is oxalic acid without the two hydrogen ions. // An ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge. ... Oxalic acid (IUPAC name: ethanedioic acid, formula H2C2O4) is a dicarboxylic acid with structure (HOOC)-(COOH). ... Hydronium is the common name for the cation H3O+. Nomenclature According to IUPAC ion nomenclature, it should be referred to as oxonium. ...

An oxalate (compound) (also ethanedioate) is a salt or ester of oxalic acid. Consumption of oxalates, through, for example, the grazing of animals on oxalate-containing plants such as greasewood, may result in kidney disease or even death. A magnified crystal of salt In chemistry, salt is a term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... General formula of an ester of a carboxylic acid. ... Oxalic acid (IUPAC name: ethanedioic acid, formula H2C2O4) is a dicarboxylic acid with structure (HOOC)-(COOH). ... Species See text. ... See the article on the kidney for the anatomy and function of healthy kidneys and a list of diseases involving the kidney. ... Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the organism after that event. ...

Much of its other properties resemble oxalic acid . Oxalic acid (IUPAC name: ethanedioic acid, formula H2C2O4) is a dicarboxylic acid with structure (HOOC)-(COOH). ...

Examples

• sodium oxalate, Na₂C₂O₄
• dimethyl oxalate, (CH₃)₂C₂O₄

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