Copper(I) nitrate is a proposed
inorganic compound
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with formula of CuNO
3. It has not been characterized by
X-ray crystallography
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. It is the focus of one publication, which describes unsuccessful efforts to isolate the compound. Another nonexistent simple copper(I) compound derived from an oxyanion is cuprous perchlorate. On the other hand,
cuprous sulfate is known.
Derivatives
The nitrate salt of the
acetonitrile complex
Transition metal nitrile complexes are coordination compounds containing nitrile ligands. Because nitriles are weakly basic, the nitrile ligands in these complexes are often labile.
Scope of nitriles
Typical nitrile ligands are acetonitrile, prop ...
, i.e.,
u(MeCN)4O
3, is generated by the reaction of silver nitrate with a suspension of copper metal in acetonitrile.
:Cu + AgNO
3 + 4 CH
3CN →
u(CH3CN)4/sub>NO
3 + Ag
Tertiary phosphine complexes of the type
u(P(C6H5)3)3O
3 are prepared by the reduction of
copper(II) nitrate
Copper(II) nitrate describes any member of the family of inorganic compounds with the formula Cu( NO3)2(H2O)x. The hydrates are blue solids. Anhydrous copper nitrate forms blue-green crystals and sublimes in a vacuum at 150-200 °C. Common hy ...
by the phosphine.
References
Copper(I) compounds
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