Carboxylic acids and related compounds

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I am having trouble working out the chemical equation for the addition of magnesium to ethanoic acid. I am unsure of the salt that is produced.

The salt is magnesium ethanoate with Mg²⁺ ions and CH₃CO₂^- ions. So there are two ethanoate ions for every magnesium ion in the formula.

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updated: 30 October 2003