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900502

Potassium carbonate

anhydrous, free-flowing, −325 mesh, Redi-Dri, reagent grade, ≥98%

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Linear Formula:
K2CO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
138.21
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
209-529-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4267587
MDL number:
Assay:
≥98%
Grade:
anhydrous, reagent grade
Form:
powder
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Quality Level

grade

anhydrous, reagent grade

product line

Redi-Dri

assay

≥98%

form

powder

quality

free-flowing

particle size

−325 mesh

pH

11-13 (25 °C, 138 g/L)

mp

891 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

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

InChI

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

InChI key

BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

General description

Potassium carbonate is an inorganic base. It participates as base in the palladacycle catalyzed Heck reaction of chlorobenzene with styrene.

Application

Potassium carbonate was used in the following studies:
  • Synthesis of polysubstituted iodobenzene derivatives.
  • As base for the synthesis of high molecular weight homopolymers and copolymers derived from various bisphenols.
  • As base for the Suzuki coupling of aryl halides with aryl boronic acids.
  • As base for the Heck reaction of styrene and bromobenzene.

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Hazard Classifications

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

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Respiratory system

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

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WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Heck reaction using palladium complexed to dendrimers on silica.
Alper H, et al.
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 78(6), 920-924 (2000)
Robert Möckel et al.
Organic letters, 17(7), 1644-1647 (2015-03-21)
The cobalt-catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction of trimethylsilyl-substituted alkynes with 1,3-dienes led to dihydroaromatic intermediates which were transformed into iodobenzene derivatives. For this transformation, the dihydroaromatic intermediates had to be oxidized and the trimethylsilyl-substituted arene had to undergo a silicon-iodine exchange reaction.
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)