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cupric chloride
Sign in to saveAlso known as cupric chloride anhydrous, CuCl2, copper chloride, cupric dichloride, coclor, copper dichloride, copper(2+) chloride, copper(II) chloride
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- Cl2Cu
- Molecular weight
- 134.45 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- copper dichloride
- SMILES
- [Cl-].[Cl-].[Cu+2]
- InChIKey
- ORTQZVOHEJQUHG-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- First approval
- 1986
- Admin. routes
- parenteral
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 132.867
- Image
- Anhydrous Copper(II)-chloride.jpg
- Has use
- medication
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- Commons category
- Copper(II) chloride
- canonical SMILES
- Cl[Cu]Cl
- chemical formula
- Cl₂Cu
- decomposition point
- 993
- melting point
- 430
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Encyclopedic overview
Copper(II) chloride, also known as cupric chloride, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuCl2. The monoclinic yellowish-brown anhydrous form slowly absorbs moisture to form the orthorhombic blue-green dihydrate CuCl2·2H2O, with two water molecules of hydration. It is industrially produced for use as a co-catalyst in the Wacker process.
Both the anhydrous and the dihydrate forms occur naturally as the rare minerals tolbachite and eriochalcite, respectively.
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