Cupric sulfate pentahydrate ACS is a bright blue crystalline solid. It is non-combustible, odorless. It is a hydrate and a metal sulfate. It contains a copper(II) sulfate. It is also known as Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate, Blue Vitriol, copper(II) salt (1:1) pentahydrate. It is a Lewis acid catalyst commonly used to promote acid-catalyzed organic transformations. Its chemical formula is CuSO4 · 5H2O. It is soluble in water but insoluble in ethanol and most organic solvents. It is used in many industrial applications and also in chemical laboratories.
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Application :
- Cupric sulfate pentahydrate ACS is a Lewis acid catalyst commonly used to promote acid-catalyzed organic transformations.
- It can also act as an effective redox catalyst in combination with other mixed oxidizing agents.
- It can be used as a catalyst In acetylation of alcohols and phenols in the presence of acetic anhydride and to synthesize various ynamides via intramolecular coupling of amides with alkynyl bromides.
- It can also be used as a template in the synthesis of copper(II) ion-imprinted polymers using vinylpyridine and methacrylic acid as functional monomers. This polymer is used to quantify Cu2+ ion by using flame atomic absorption spectroscopy.
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- Inexpensive and act as an effective redox catalyst in combination with other mixed oxidizing agents
- Safe catalyst to be used in various organic transformations
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