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Chemical compound Pharmaceutical compound
Aluminium acetotartrate
Skeletal formula of aluminium acetotartrate
Ball-and-stick model of the aluminium acetotartrate molecule
Clinical data
Other namesAluminium acetotartrate
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
Routes of
administration		Topical
ATC code
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • (acetato-κO) aluminium
CAS Number
UNII
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H7AlO8
Molar mass234.096 g·mol
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • O=C(C)O0OC(=O)(O)(O)C(=O)O0
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Aluminium acetotartrate (or ALSOL) is an organic acid, astringent, and disinfectant. It is the aluminium salt of acetic acid and tartaric acid.

Appearance

Aluminium acetotartrate occurs as colorless or yellowish crystals, freely but exceedingly slowly soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol and ether.

Applications

Aluminium acetotartrate is employed in 0.5–2% solutions as a nasal douche in affections of the respiratory tract, in 1–3% solutions as a substitute for solution of aluminium acetate, in concentrated solution as a lotion in frostbite and balanitis, and as a snuff with boric acid in atrophic rhinitis. It is also used as an antiseptic vulnerary ointment cream.

References

  1. ^ "Modern Materia Medica". Druggists Circular. 3: 17. 1912. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  2. EU EP0420927 
Aluminium compounds
Al(I)
Organoaluminium(I) compoundsAl(C5(CH3)5)
Al(II)
Al(III)
Alums
Organoaluminium(III) compounds
Acetyl halides and salts of the acetate ion
AcOH He
LiOAc Be(OAc)2
Be4O(OAc)6 		B(OAc)3
B2O(OAc)4 		AcOAc
ROAc 		NH4OAc AcOOH FAc
FOAc 		Ne
NaOAc
NaH(OAc)2 		Mg(OAc)2 Al(OAc)3
ALSOL
Al(OAc)2OH
Al(OH)2OAc
Al2SO4(OAc)4 		Si P S ClAc
ClOAc 		Ar
KOAc Ca(OAc)2 Sc(OAc)3 Ti(OAc)4 VO(OAc)3 Cr(OAc)2
Cr(OAc)3 		Mn(OAc)2
Mn(OAc)3 		Fe(OAc)2
Fe(OAc)3 		Co(OAc)2 Ni(OAc)2 CuOAc
Cu(OAc)2 		Zn(OAc)2 Ga(OAc)3 Ge As(OAc)3 Se BrAc
BrOAc 		Kr
RbOAc Sr(OAc)2 Y(OAc)3 Zr(OAc)4 Nb Mo(OAc)2 Tc Ru2(OAc)4Cl
Ru(OAc)3 		Rh2(OAc)4 Pd(OAc)2 AgOAc Cd(OAc)2 In(OAc)3 Sn(OAc)2
Sn(OAc)4 		Sb(OAc)3 Te IAc
IOAc
I(OAc)3 		Xe
CsOAc Ba(OAc)2 * Lu(OAc)3 Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt(OAc)2 Au(OAc)3 Hg2(OAc)2
Hg(OAc)2 		TlOAc
Tl(OAc)3 		Pb(OAc)2
Pb(OAc)4 		Bi(OAc)3 Po At Rn
Fr Ra ** Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
 
* La(OAc)3 Ce(OAc)3 Pr(OAc)3 Nd(OAc)3 Pm Sm(OAc)3 Eu(OAc)3 Gd(OAc)3 Tb(OAc)3 Dy(OAc)3 Ho(OAc)3 Er(OAc)3 Tm(OAc)3 Yb(OAc)3
** Ac(OAc)3 Th(OAc)4 Pa UO2(OAc)2 Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No
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