All books

Professional

Apps About Coach Log in Start reading

Chemistry · Glossary

What is Organocuprates?

Also known as: organocuprate

Definition 26.8 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 26 — Conjugated Carbonyls: Michael and Robinson

An organocuprate RX2CuLi\ce{R2CuLi} is a copper(I) compound carrying two organic groups, made from two equivalents of an organolithium and one of a copper(I) halide:

2 CHX3Li+CuI→(CHX3)X2CuLi+LiI.\ce{2 CH3Li + CuI -> (CH3)2CuLi + LiI}.
Read in context →