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Potassium carbonate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

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Linear Formula:
K2CO3
CAS Number:
584-08-7
Molecular Weight:
138.21
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329752063
EC Number:
209-529-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4267587
MDL number:
MFCD00011382
assay:
≥99.0%
grade:
ACS reagent
form:
powder or crystals

Product Name

Potassium carbonate, ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

InChI key

BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

InChI

1S/CH2O3.2K/c2-1(3)4;;/h(H2,2,3,4);;/q;2*+1/p-2

SMILES string

[K+].[K+].[O-]C([O-])=O

grade

ACS reagent

assay

≥99.0%

form

powder or crystals

impurities

≤0.004% S compounds as (SO42-)
≤0.005% silica
≤0.01% insolubles

pH

11-13 (25 °C, 138 g/L)

mp

891 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.003%
phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%

cation traces

Ca: ≤0.005%
Fe: ≤5 ppm
Mg: ≤0.002%
Na: ≤0.02%
heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (by ICP-OES)

Quality Level

200

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Application

Potassium carbonate has been used in the preparation of disulfonated bis[4-(3-aminophenoxy)phenyl]sulfone, a disulfonated diamine monomer.
It may be used in the following studies:
  • As a reagent in the synthesis of polysubstituted iodobenzene derivatives.
  • As a base for the synthesis of high molecular weight homopolymers and copolymers derived from various bisphenols.
  • As a base for the Suzuki coupling of aryl halides with aryl boronic acids.
  • The Heck reaction of styrene and bromobenzene.

General description

Potassium carbonate is an inorganic base. It participates as a base in the palladacycle catalyzed Heck reaction of chlorobenzene with styrene. Addition of amino acids (glycine, sarcosine and proline) to K2CO3 (solvent) promotes the absorption of CO2.

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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A kinetic study of CO2 capture with potassium carbonate solutions promoted with various amino acids: glycine, sarcosine and proline.
Thee H, et al.
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 20, 212-222 (2014)
Polyamide interfacial composite membranes prepared from m-phenylene diamine, trimesoyl chloride and a new disulfonated diamine.
Xie W, et al.
Journal of Membrane Science, 403, 152-161 (2012)
Heck reaction using palladium complexed to dendrimers on silica.
Alper H, et al.
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 78(6), 920-924 (2000)
Synthesis, kinetic observations and characteristics of polyarylene ether sulphones prepared via a potassium carbonate DMAC process.
Viswanathan R, et al.
Polymer, 25(12), 1827-1836 (1984)
Chelating N-heterocyclic carbene ligands in palladium-catalyzed Heck-type reactions.
Herrmann WA, et al.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 557(1), 93-96 (1998)
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