my-server
← Wiki Redirected from Copper(I) t-butoxide

Copper(I) tert-butoxide

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.

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

8 CuC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>2</sub>Me<sub>3</sub> + 8 HOBu-t → 8 HC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>2</sub>Me<sub>3</sub> + [CuOBu-t]<sub>8</sub>

References