Copper(I) oxide
SIGALD/208825 - powder, ≤7 μm, 97%
Synonym: Cuprous oxide
CAS Number: 1317-39-1
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Cu2O
Molecular Weight: 143.09
EC Number: 215-270-7
MDL Number: MFCD00010974
Linear Formula: Cu2O
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 97% |
| contains | stabilizer |
| density | 6 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/2Cu.O |
| InChI key | BERDEBHAJNAUOM-UHFFFAOYSA |
| particle size | ≤7 μm |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Cu]O[Cu] |
| Application: | Copper(I) oxide can be used as a catalyst to synthesize: • Ynones via solvent-free Sonogashira reaction. • N-Heteroaryl derivatives via cross-coupling of nitrogen heterocycles with halopyridines. |
| General description: | Copper(I)oxide is a weak base that can be used in nucleophilic substitution, decarboxylation, cyclocondensation, and 1,1-addition reactions. It can also be used to form carbenoid intermediates from diazo compounds and radicals from arenediazonium salts. |
| Packaging: | 12 kg in fiber drum |
| Packaging: | 2 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 25, 500 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS07,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H302 + H332 - H319 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P273 - P301 + P312 + P330 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn,N |
| Risk Statements | 20-22-36-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 22-26-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 3077 9 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 97% |
| Density | 6 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |



