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Sigma-Aldrich

Copper(II) chloride dihydrate

99.999%

Synonym(s):

Cupric chloride dihydrate

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Linear Formula:
CuCl2 · 2H2O
CAS Number:
10125-13-0
Molecular Weight:
170.48
EC Number:
231-210-2
MDL number:
MFCD00149674
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24869509
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor density

>1 (vs air)

Assay

99.999%

form

solid

impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

100 °C (dec.) (lit.)

application(s)

battery manufacturing

SMILES string

Cl[Cu]Cl.[H]O[H].[H]O[H]

InChI

1S/2ClH.Cu.2H2O/h2*1H;;2*1H2/q;;+2;;/p-2

InChI key

MPTQRFCYZCXJFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Application

Copper chloride dehydrate refluxed in acetonitrile can chemoselectively hydrolyze semicarbazones to carbonyl compounds. Copper chloride dehydrate may be used as a catalyst for efficiently cleaving t-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS).

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Deprotection of t-butyldimethylsiloxy (TBDMS) protecting group with catalytic copper (II) chloride dihydrate.
Ping Z, et al.
Chinese Chemical Letters = Zhongguo Hua Xue Kuai Bao, 11(19), 753-756 (2000)
Regeneration of carbonyl compounds from semicarbazones by copper (II) chloride dihydrate.
Ram RN and Varsha K.
Tetrahedron Letters, 32(41), 5829-5832 (1991)
Sebastian Müller et al.
PloS one, 13(11), e0206764-e0206764 (2018-11-07)
The clinically approved drug metformin has been shown to selectively kill persister cancer cells through mechanisms that are not fully understood. To provide further mechanistic insights, we developed a drug surrogate that phenocopies metformin and can be labeled in situ
Kenji Funaki et al.
Organic letters, 14(24), 6186-6189 (2012-12-12)
Direct arylation of thiophenes and benzothiophenes with aryltrimethylsilanes was effectively catalyzed by PdCl(2)(MeCN)(2) in the presence of CuCl(2) as an oxidant. The reaction preferentially occurred at the β-position of both thiophenes and benzothiophenes.
Mónica João Barros Amorim et al.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 164, 164-168 (2012-03-01)
Environmental effects of copper nanoparticles are little studied in terrestrial ecosystems. In the present article, the toxicity of copper nanoparticles (Cu-NP) on the enchytraeid Enchytraeus albidus is compared to the toxicity of a copper-salt (CuCl(2)). The effect parameters studied were
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