Thallous acetate

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| IUPACName = Thallium(I) Acetate

| OtherNames = Thallium monoacetate

|Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 563-68-8

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| ChEBI = 75192

| ChemSpiderID = 10773

| EC_number = 209-257-5

| PubChem = 11247

| UNNumber = 1707 3082

| UNII = Q2901889VM

| SMILES = CC(=O)[O-].[Tl+]

| InChIKey = SMRRYUGQTFYZGD-UHFFFAOYSA-K

| InChI = 1S/3C2H4O2.Tl/c3*1-2(3)4;/h3*1H3,(H,3,4);/q;;;+3/p-3

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| Formula = TlC₂H₃O₂

| MolarMass = 263.429

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| Solubility = soluble

| MagSus = −69.0·10⁻⁶ cm³/mol

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| Section3 = {{Chembox Hazards

| GHSPictograms = {{GHS06}}{{GHS08}}{{GHS09}}

| GHSSignalWord = Danger

| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|300|330|373|411}}

| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|260|264|270|271|273|284|301+310|304+340|310|314|320|321|330|391|403+233|405|501}}

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| PEL = TWA 0.1 mg/m³ [skin]{{PGCH|0608}}

| REL = TWA 0.1 mg/m³ [skin]

| IDLH = 15 mg/m³ (as Tl)

| LD50 = 35 mg/kg (mouse, oral)
41.3 mg/kg (rat, oral){{IDLH|thallium|Thallium (soluble compounds, as Tl)}}

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Thallous acetate or thallium(I) acetate is a salt of thallium and acetate with the chemical formula TlCH₃COO. It is used in microbiology as a selective growth medium.{{cite journal | pmc = 378124 | pmid=5370465 | volume=18 | title=Evaluation of thallium acetate-citrate medium for isolation of enterococci | journal=Appl Microbiol | pages=944–5 | last1 = Bulich | first1 = AA | last2 = Hartman | first2 = PA| year=1969 | issue=5 | doi=10.1128/AEM.18.5.944-945.1969 }} It is poisonous.{{cite book|author=World Health Organization|title=Anthrax in humans and animals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKYihvnaA7oC&pg=PA139|accessdate=23 February 2011|year=2008|publisher=World Health Organization|isbn=978-92-4-154753-6|pages=139–}}