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96454

Zinc

powder, purum

Synonym(s):

Zn

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Zn
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
65.39
UNSPSC Code:
11101719
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
MDL number:
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Product Name

Zinc, purum, powder

SMILES string

[Zn]

InChI

1S/Zn

InChI key

HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 487 °C)

grade

purum

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: zinc
reagent type: catalyst

resistivity

5.8 μΩ-cm, 20°C

bp

907 °C (lit.)

mp

420 °C (lit.)

density

7.133 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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Application

Zinc powder is generally used as a reagent for the Clemmensen reduction of ketones.
It can also be used as a:
  • Reducing agent in the preparation of graphene from graphene oxide using ultrasonication method.
  • Reducing agent in the oxidation of benzene to phenol by vanadium substituted heteropolyacid catalyst and oxygen oxidant.
  • Reactant in the preparation of alkyl zinc reagents by direct insertion of zinc powder into unactivated alkyl bromides and chlorides.
  • Catalyst in selective Fries rearrangement of acetylated phenols.

Other Notes

Reagent for the Clemmensen reduction of ketones and the Reformansky reaction

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Environment

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Warning

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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M.W. Rathke
Org. React., 22, 423-423 (1975)
Selective Fries rearrangement catalyzed by zinc powder.
Paul S and Gupta M
Synthesis, 2004(11), 1789-1792 (2004)
Zinc powder as an effective reducing reagent during liquid-phase oxidation of benzene to phenol using molecular oxygen over V-substituted heteropoly acid catalysts.
Sumimoto S, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(22), 7444-7450 (2006)
Ultrasonication-assisted ultrafast reduction of graphene oxide by zinc powder at room temperature.
Mei X and Ouyang J
Carbon, 49(15), 5389-5397 (2011)
One-pot reductive cleavage of exo-olefin to methylene with a mild ozonolysis-Clemmensen reduction sequence.
Xu S, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 51(34), 4534-4537 (2010)

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