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Molybdate

14259-85-9MoO4159.936 g/mol
Coordination CompoundChEBI source record

A divalent inorganic anion obtained by removal of both protons from molybdic acid — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number14259-85-9ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaMoO4ChEBI ↗
Molar mass159.936 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass161.88616 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge-2ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:36264ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass159.95 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass161.885062 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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molybdate
tetraoxidomolybdate(2-)
MEFBJEMVZONFCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[O]=[Mo](=[O])([O-])[O-]
InChI=1S/Mo.4O/q;;;2*-1

Names & synonyms

tetraoxidomolybdate(2-)tetraoxidomolybdate(VI)

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Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

Escherichia coli metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0062525 mol

Uses 159.936 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
Mo
Molybdenum · 1 atom
59.99%
O
Oxygen · 4 atoms
40.01%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:36264

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 24621 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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