Calcium β-diketonates are one of the most popular precursors for MOCVD of calcium-contaning thin films, because of their volatility, suitable thermal stability and non-sensitivity to air.

The coordination behavior in the organic solutions of several metal β -diketonates (including calcium β –diketonates) has been studied by 1H-NMR. It was determined that in the solution calcium acetylacetonate {Ca(acac)₂}_x is polymeric, while calcium benzoylacetonate Ca(bzac)₂ is monomeric. Pseudo-tetrahedral D2d idealized structure has been favored based on chemical shift values and other arguments. [[i]]