Synonym(s): Carbonic acid dicesium
Formula: Cs2CO3
Formula Weight: 325.82
CAS No.: 534-17-8
Purity: ≥98.0% (T)
Application: Catalyst for:
aerobic oxidation of primary alcohols
1,4-addition reactions
Reagent for:
Synthesis of phosphazene derivatives
Constrictive binding interactions
Intramolecular C-N cross coupling reactions
Dehydrohalogenative polycondensation
Other Notes: Used for preparing cesium carboxylates which react with halogenides to give esters and lactones 7; Used for an analogous preparation of thio ethers 8
Beilstein Registry Number: 4546405
EC No.: 208-591-9
Melting Point: 610°C (dec.)(lit.)
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C8H17Br