Copper(I) tert-butoxide

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Copper(I) tert-butoxide
Cu4 OBut 4.svg
Names
Other names
copper(1+);2-methylpropan-2-olate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
PubChem CID
  • monomer:InChI=1S/C4H9O.Cu/c1-4(2,3)5;/h1-3H3;/q-1;+1
    Key: WILFNLHOTDCRAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • monomer:CC(C)(C)[O-].[Cu+]
Properties
C16H36Cu4O4
Molar mass 546.644 g·mol−1
AppearanceWhite solid
Density 1.62 g/cm3 (octamer)
Melting point 260 °C (500 °F; 533 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Copper(I) tert-butoxide is an alkoxide of copper(I). It is a white sublimable solid. It is a reagent in the synthesis of other copper compounds. [1]

The compound was originally obtained by salt metathesis from lithium tert-butoxide and copper(I) chloride. [2] An octameric form was obtained by alcoholysis of mesitylcopper: [3]

8 CuC6H2Me3 + 8 HOBu-t → 8 HC6H2Me3 + [CuOBu-t]8

References

  1. ↑ Tetsuo Tsuda; Takeshi Takeda; Akira Tsubouchi (2008). "Copper(I) t-Butoxide". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rc212.pub2. ISBN   978-0-471-93623-7.
  2. ↑ Tsuda, T.; Hashimoto, T.; Saegusa, T. (1972). "Cuprous tert-butoxide. New and useful metalation reagent". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94 (2): 658–659. Bibcode:1972JAChS..94..658T. doi:10.1021/ja00757a069.
  3. ↑ Håkansson, M.; Lopes, C.; Jagner, S. (2000). "Copper(I) alkoxides: preparation and structural characterisation of triphenylmethoxocopper(I) and of an octanuclear form of t-butoxocopper(I)". Inorganica Chimica Acta. 304 (2): 178–183. doi:10.1016/S0020-1693(00)00081-5.
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