Ethyl copper explained

Ethyl copper (CuC2H5) is an organocopper compound consisting of copper in its +1 oxidation state (cuprous) bound to an ethyl group. It can be generated by transmetallation by the reaction of copper(I) acetate with tetraethyl lead:[1]

Related compounds

Methyl copper was obtained from methyl lithium and copper(I) iodide at low temperature.[2]

A copper ethyl complex has been characterized by X-ray crystallography.[3]

References

  1. Bawn . C. E. H. . Johnson . R. . 815. Alkyl derivatives of group I metals. Part III. Kinetics of decomposition of ethylcopper(I) in ethanol . Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) . 1960 . 4162 . 10.1039/JR9600004162.
  2. 10.1039/JR9600003926 . 780. Alkyl derivatives of Group I metals. Part II. Properties and reactions of methylcopper(I) . 1960 . Bawn . C. E. H. . Whitby . F. J. . Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) . 3926 .
  3. 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00443 . Dicopper Alkyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Unexpected Persistence . 2018 . Ziegler . Micah S. . Torquato . Nicole A. . Levine . Daniel S. . Nicolay . Amélie . Celik . Hasan . Tilley . T. Don . Organometallics . 37 . 16 . 2807–2823 .

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