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Chromium(VI) oxide

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Synonym(s):

Chromic anhydride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CrO3
CAS Number:
1333-82-0
Molecular Weight:
99.99
EC Number:
215-607-8
MDL number:
MFCD00010952
UNSPSC Code:
12352303
PubChem Substance ID:
329752406
NACRES:
NA.55

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99.9% trace metals basis

form

(powder and or flakes)

pH

<1 (20 °C, 100 g/L)

mp

196 °C (dec.) (lit.)

SMILES string

O=[Cr](=O)=O

InChI

1S/Cr.3O

InChI key

WGLPBDUCMAPZCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Chromium (VI) oxide is acidic anhydride of chromic acid. It is a useful oxidizing reagent for the conversions of:,Carbon-hydrogen bonds to alcohols,,Alkenes to α, β-unsaturated ketones,Alcohol to aldehydes, acids, and keto acids.

Application

Chromium (VI) oxide may be employed as a catalyst for the following reactions:
  • Transformation of various primary alcohols to carboxylic acids.
  • Oxidation of arenes (naphthalenes and anthrathene) to the corresponding quinones by using periodic acid as the terminal oxidant in acetonitrile.
  • Benzylic oxidation of various substituted toluene to the corresponding benzoic acids.
  • Oxidation of sulfides to sulfones.

Used with ammonium chloride to oxidize hydrobenzoins to benzils.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1A - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 1B - Ox. Sol. 1 - Repr. 2 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT RE 1 Inhalation - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

5.1A - Strongly oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Letters in Organic Chemistry, 3, 842-842 (2006)
Chromium (VI) Oxide.
Freeman F, et al.
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. (2008)
Chromium (VI) oxide-catalyzed oxidation of arenes with periodic acid.
Yamazaki S.
Tetrahedron Letters, 42(19), 3355-3357 (2001)
Evidence for the protective effect of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in treatment with gamma-rays and chromium (VI) oxide (CrO3) in somatic cells of Drosophila.
O Olvera et al.
Mutation research, 346(1), 19-21 (1995-01-01)
Sara L Holland et al.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 24(6), 1764-1767 (2010-07-20)
Toxicity of the environmental carcinogen chromate is known to involve sulfur starvation and also error-prone mRNA translation. Here we reconcile those facts using the yeast model. We demonstrate that: (i) cysteine and methionine starvation mimic Cr-induced translation errors, (ii) genetic
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