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Calcium carbonate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%, powder

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Linear Formula:
CaCO3
CAS Number:
471-34-1
Molecular Weight:
100.09
Beilstein:
8008338
EC Number:
207-439-9
MDL number:
MFCD00010906
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
329752519
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

Assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

impurities

≤0.002 meq/g water-soluble titr. base
≤0.005% oxidizers
≤0.01% NH4OH pptd.
≤0.01% insol. dil. HCl

pH

8

density

2.93 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.001%
fluoride (F-): ≤0.0015%
sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.01%

cation traces

Ba: ≤0.005%
Fe: ≤0.003%
K: ≤0.01%
Mg: ≤0.02%
NH4+: ≤0.003%
Na: ≤0.1%
Sr: ≤0.1%
heavy metals: ≤0.001% (by ICP-OES)

SMILES string

[Ca++].[O-]C([O-])=O

InChI

1S/CH2O3.Ca/c2-1(3)4;/h(H2,2,3,4);/q;+2/p-2

InChI key

VTYYLEPIZMXCLO-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

CaCO3 occurs naturally as the principal constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk, which can be prepared by the precipitation from dissolved calcium hydroxide and carbon dioxide.

Application

Calcium carbonate can be used as a precursor to prepare Pd/CaCO3, which can be used as a catalyst:
  • In Miyaura-Suzuki cross-coupling reactions.
  • In the ligand-free Stille cross-coupling reaction between aryl halides and tributylphenyltin to synthesize biphenyls.
It can also be used as a base in the Pd-catalyzed regioselective Heck reaction of fluorinated haloaryls with olefins to synthesize substituted olefins.

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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