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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Zn
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
65.39
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
Recommended Products
vapor pressure
1 mmHg ( 487 °C)
Quality Level
Assay
≥98%
form
dust
reaction suitability
core: zinc
reagent type: catalyst
resistivity
5.8 μΩ-cm, 20°C
particle size
<10 μm
bp
907 °C (lit.)
mp
420 °C (lit.)
density
7.133 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
[Zn]
InChI
1S/Zn
InChI key
HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
Zinc is an inexpensive, readily available versatile reagent in organic reactions and is commonly used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis. Zinc dust is used to reduce carbonyls, carbon-halide bonds, carbon-oxygen bonds, alkynes, and heteroatom bonds such as N-N and N-O bonds. It is also used to prepare various organozinc reagents. Additionally, Zinc has been used in several well-known named reactions, like the Reformatsky reaction, the Knorr pyrrole synthesis, the Serini reaction, and the Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation.
Application
Reducing agent; used for preparation of organozinc reagents, Reformatsky reagents, and the Simmons-Smith reagent (cyclopropanation).
Zinc is also used as a:
Zinc is also used as a:
- Reductant in the hydrothermal CO2 reduction to formic acid in batch reactors.
- Catalyst in the synthesis of propargylamines by one pot, three component coupling of aldehydes, amines and alkynes in acetonitrile.
Signal Word
Warning
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
Hazard Classifications
Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1
Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 2
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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