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phenylcopper
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Phenylcopper is an organometallic chemical compound of copper. Its chemical formula is , where copper is in the oxidation state of +1.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H5Cu
- Molecular weight
- 140.65 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- benzene;copper(1+)
- SMILES
- C1=CC=[C-]C=C1.[Cu+]
- InChIKey
- MKHQMLKDCBPKBC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 139.968723
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=[C-]C=C1.[Cu+]
- chemical formula
- C₆H₅Cu
- Commons category
- Phenylcopper
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
- Properties
- Related structures
- References
Phenylcopper is an organometallic chemical compound of copper. Its chemical formula is , where copper is in the oxidation state of +1.
==Synthesis== Phenylcopper was the first known organocopper compound and was first prepared in 1923 from phenylmagnesium iodide and copper(I) iodide and in 1936 by Henry Gilman by transmetallation of phenylmagnesium iodide with copper(I) chloride.
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