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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Zn
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
65.39
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
Recommended Products
vapor pressure
1 mmHg ( 487 °C)
Quality Level
grade
purum
form
powder
reaction suitability
core: zinc
reagent type: catalyst
resistivity
5.8 μΩ-cm, 20°C
bp
907 °C (lit.)
mp
420 °C (lit.)
density
7.133 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
[Zn]
InChI
1S/Zn
InChI key
HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Application
Zinc powder is generally used as a reagent for the Clemmensen reduction of ketones.
It can also be used as a:
It can also be used as a:
- Reducing agent in the preparation of graphene from graphene oxide using ultrasonication method.
- Reducing agent in the oxidation of benzene to phenol by vanadium substituted heteropolyacid catalyst and oxygen oxidant.
- Reactant in the preparation of alkyl zinc reagents by direct insertion of zinc powder into unactivated alkyl bromides and chlorides.
- Catalyst in selective Fries rearrangement of acetylated phenols.
Other Notes
Reagent for the Clemmensen reduction of ketones and the Reformansky reaction
Signal Word
Warning
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
Hazard Classifications
Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1
Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 2
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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Ultrasonication-assisted ultrafast reduction of graphene oxide by zinc powder at room temperature.
Mei X and Ouyang J
Carbon, 49(15), 5389-5397 (2011)
M.W. Rathke
Org. React., 22, 423-423 (1975)
Zinc powder as an effective reducing reagent during liquid-phase oxidation of benzene to phenol using molecular oxygen over V-substituted heteropoly acid catalysts.
Sumimoto S, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(22), 7444-7450 (2006)
E. Vedejs
Org. React., 22, 401-401 (1975)
One-pot reductive cleavage of exo-olefin to methylene with a mild ozonolysis-Clemmensen reduction sequence.
Xu S, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 51(34), 4534-4537 (2010)
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