Nomenclature
CAS number: 660-60-6
Octadecanoic acid copper salt.
C
36H
70CuO
4; mol wt 630.48.
C 68.58%, H 11.19%, Cu 10.08%, O 10.15%.
(C
17H
35COO)
2Cu.
Description and references
Prepd by metathesis of alcohol cupric acetate
with an alcohol soln of stearic acid: Martin, Waterman, J. Chem. Soc. 1957, 2545; Rai,
Mehrotra, J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 21, 311 (1961).
Properties
Pale-blue to blue-green amorphous powder. Considered
to be dimeric. mp ≈250°: Grant, Can. J. Chem. 42, 951 (1964). Practically insol in water, methanol,
ethanol, acetone, ether. Sol in pyridine, dioxane, acetic anhydride;
sol in hot but practically insol in cold benzene, toluene, CCl4, CHCl3, ethyl acetate.Use
In antifouling paints; in textile and wood preservatives;
in rubber aging; as catalyst.