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dimethylcadmium
Sign in to saveDimethylcadmium is the organocadmium compound with the formula . It is a colorless, highly toxic liquid that fumes in air. It is a linear molecule with C-Cd bond lengths of 213 pm. The compound finds limited use as a reagent in organic synthesis and in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). It has also been used in the synthesis of cadmium selenide nanoparticles, although efforts have been made to replace it in this capacity due to its toxicity.
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It is catalogued under topics including Cadmium compounds, Chembox having GHS data and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H6Cd
- Molecular weight
- 142.48 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cadmium(2+);carbanide
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 143.950302
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- canonical SMILES
- C[Cd]C
- Commons category
- Dimethylcadmium
- chemical formula
- C₂H₆Cd
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Dimethylcadmium is the organocadmium compound with the formula . It is a colorless, highly toxic liquid that fumes in air. It is a linear molecule with C-Cd bond lengths of 213 pm. The compound finds limited use as a reagent in organic synthesis and in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). It has also been used in the synthesis of cadmium selenide nanoparticles, although efforts have been made to replace it in this capacity due to its toxicity.
Dimethylcadmium is prepared by treating cadmium dihalides with methyl Grignard reagents or methyllithium.
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