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205540

Copper(I) iodide

98%

Synonym(s):

Cuprous iodide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CuI
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
190.45
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
38150105
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21
EC Number:
231-674-6
MDL number:
Assay:
98%
Form:
powder
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Product Name

Copper(I) iodide, 98%

InChI key

LSXDOTMGLUJQCM-UHFFFAOYSA-M

InChI

1S/Cu.HI/h;1H/q+1;/p-1

SMILES string

[Cu+].[I-]

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 656 °C)

assay

98%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reaction type: click chemistry
reagent type: catalyst
core: copper

mp

605 °C (lit.)

density

5.62 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

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Application

Optimal catalyst for stereospecific and regioselective reaction of silacyclopropanes with carbonyl compounds.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1A - STOT RE 1 Oral

target_organs

Thyroid

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Storage Class

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects


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Alkynyl sulfides and selenides from alkynyl bromides and diorganoyl chalcogenides promoted by copper (I) iodide.
Braga AL, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 34(3), 393-394 (1993)
The high-temperature structural behaviour of copper (I) iodide.
Keen DA and Hull S.
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : An Institute of Physics Journal, 7(29), 5793-5793 (1995)
Simon P H Mee et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 11(11), 3294-3308 (2005-03-24)
The combination of copper(I) iodide and cesium fluoride significantly enhances the Stille reaction. After extensive optimisation, a variety of electronically unfavourable and sterically hindered substrates were coupled in very high yields under mild conditions.
Novel preparation of σ-alkynyl complexes of transition metals by copper (I) iodide-catalysed dehydrohalogenation.
Sonogashira K, et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 9, 291-292 (1977)
Convenient preparation of alkynyl selenides, sulfides and tellurides from terminal alkynes and prenylchalcogenyl halides in the presence of copper (I) iodide.
Braga AL, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 34(50), 8041-8042 (1993)

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