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207780

Copper

powder, <75 μm, 99%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Cu
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
63.55
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12141711
EC Number:
231-159-6
MDL number:
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Quality Level

assay

99%

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: copper

resistivity

1.673 μΩ-cm, 20°C

particle size

<75 μm

bp

2567 °C (lit.)

mp

1083.4 °C (lit.)

density

8.94 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Cu]

InChI

1S/Cu

InChI key

RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Copperis a versatile and widely used metal with significant importance in variousfields, particularly in catalysis and material science. In material science,copper is used in various conductive materials due to its excellent electricaland thermal conductivity, ductility, and corrosion resistance. Additionally,copper is also extensively used as a catalyst in various chemical reactions dueto its ability to facilitate electron transfer and promote redox reactions. Itoften acts as a catalyst in various reactions which include reduction, cross-couplingreactions and “click" chemistry (such as copper-catalyzed azide-alkynecycloaddition reactions.

Application

  • Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Aminoalkylation of Amino-Pendant Olefins.: This study explores the use of copper catalysts in photoinduced aminoalkylation reactions, highlighting the efficiency and potential applications in organic synthesis (Zhang et al., 2023).
  • Synthesis of Azoxy Compounds: from Copper Compounds to Mesoporous Silica-Encaged Ultrasmall Copper Catalysts.: This research focuses on the development of copper-based catalysts for the synthesis of azoxy compounds, emphasizing their application in sustainable chemistry (Han et al., 2023).
  • Cu-catalyzed enantioselective allylic alkylation with organolithium reagents.: The paper presents a method for enantioselective allylic alkylation using copper catalysts, providing insights into asymmetric synthesis techniques (Hornillos et al., 2017).


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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids



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Hiroshi Sato et al.
Science (New York, N.Y.), 343(6167), 167-170 (2013-12-18)
Carbon monoxide (CO) produced in many large-scale industrial oxidation processes is difficult to separate from nitrogen (N2), and afterward, CO is further oxidized to carbon dioxide. Here, we report a soft nanoporous crystalline material that selectively adsorbs CO with adaptable
Seonah Kim et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(1), 149-154 (2013-12-18)
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) exhibit a mononuclear copper-containing active site and use dioxygen and a reducing agent to oxidatively cleave glycosidic linkages in polysaccharides. LPMOs represent a unique paradigm in carbohydrate turnover and exhibit synergy with hydrolytic enzymes in biomass
Seiko Ishida et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(48), 19507-19512 (2013-11-13)
Copper is an essential trace element, the imbalances of which are associated with various pathological conditions, including cancer, albeit via largely undefined molecular and cellular mechanisms. Here we provide evidence that levels of bioavailable copper modulate tumor growth. Chronic exposure