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Ruthenium tetroxide

PubChem CID
119079
Structure
Ruthenium tetroxide_small.png
Molecular Formula
Synonyms
  • Ruthenium tetroxide
  • 20427-56-9
  • tetraoxoruthenium
  • Ruthenium tetraoxide
  • RUTHENIUM(VIII) OXIDE
Molecular Weight
165.1 g/mol
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Dates
  • Create:
    2005-03-27
  • Modify:
    2025-01-11

1 Structures

1.1 2D Structure

Chemical Structure Depiction
Ruthenium tetroxide.png

1.2 3D Status

Conformer generation is disallowed since MMFF94s unsupported element

2 Names and Identifiers

2.1 Computed Descriptors

2.1.1 IUPAC Name

tetraoxoruthenium
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2.1.2 InChI

InChI=1S/4O.Ru
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2.1.3 InChIKey

GJFMDWMEOCWXGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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2.1.4 SMILES

O=[Ru](=O)(=O)=O
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2.2 Molecular Formula

O4Ru
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2.3 Other Identifiers

2.3.1 CAS

2.3.3 European Community (EC) Number

2.3.4 UNII

2.3.5 DSSTox Substance ID

2.3.6 Wikidata

2.3.7 Wikipedia

2.4 Synonyms

2.4.1 MeSH Entry Terms

  • ruthenium oxide (106)(RuO4)
  • ruthenium tetraoxide
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, 103Ru-labeled
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, 104Ru-labeled
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, 106Ru-labeled
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, 18O-labeled
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, dibarium salt
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, distrontium salt
  • ruthenium tetraoxide, trisodium salt
  • ruthenium tetroxide
  • ruthenium-106 tetraoxide
  • ruthenium-106 tetroxide

2.4.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

3 Chemical and Physical Properties

3.1 Computed Properties

Property Name
Molecular Weight
Property Value
165.1 g/mol
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count
Property Value
4
Reference
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Property Name
Rotatable Bond Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Exact Mass
Property Value
165.883999 Da
Reference
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Property Name
Monoisotopic Mass
Property Value
165.883999 Da
Reference
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Property Name
Topological Polar Surface Area
Property Value
68.3 Ų
Reference
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Property Name
Heavy Atom Count
Property Value
5
Reference
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Property Name
Formal Charge
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Complexity
Property Value
138
Reference
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Property Name
Isotope Atom Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Compound Is Canonicalized
Property Value
Yes
Reference
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3.2 Experimental Properties

3.2.1 Physical Description

Golden-yellow solid; mp = 25.4 deg C; [Merck Index]

3.3 Chemical Classes

Metals -> Metals, Inorganic Compounds

4 Spectral Information

4.1 1D NMR Spectra

4.1.1 17O NMR Spectra

Copyright
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6 Chemical Vendors

7 Use and Manufacturing

7.1 Uses

Sources/Uses
Used as an oxidizing agent (similar to osmium tetroxide); [Merck Index]
Merck Index - O'Neil MJ, Heckelman PE, Dobbelaar PH, Roman KJ (eds). The Merck Index, An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 15th Ed. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013.

8 Safety and Hazards

8.1 Hazards Identification

8.1.1 Hazards Summary

Highly volatile and sublimes at room temperature; Vapors cause eye and respiratory tract irritation; [Merck Index] See Ruthenium.
Merck Index - O'Neil MJ, Heckelman PE, Dobbelaar PH, Roman KJ (eds). The Merck Index, An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 15th Ed. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013.

9 Literature

9.1 Consolidated References

9.2 NLM Curated PubMed Citations

9.3 Springer Nature References

9.4 Thieme References

9.5 Wiley References

9.6 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.7 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.8 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

10 Patents

10.1 Depositor-Supplied Patent Identifiers

10.2 WIPO PATENTSCOPE

10.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.4 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.5 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

11 Classification

11.1 MeSH Tree

11.2 ChemIDplus

11.3 EPA DSSTox Classification

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