Cupric acetate

Public-database records for Cupric acetate (CAS 142-71-2), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Cupric acetate appears as a blue-green crystalline solid. The primary hazard is the threat to the environment. Immediate steps should be taken to limit its spread to the environment. It is used as an insecticide, in the preparation of other chemicals, as a fungicide, and mildew preventive.
• Blue-green hygroscopic solid; [HSDB] Green, odorless, hygroscopic crystals; Soluble in water; [Alfa Aesar MSDS]
• Blue-green hydroscopic powder
• 1.9 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sink
• When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke & irritating fumes.
• INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.545, 1.550; SOL 7.2 G/100 CC COLD WATER; 20 G/100 CC HOT WATER /MONOHYDRATE/

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Textiles (Printing, Dyeing, or Finishing) [Category: Industry]
• Ceramics making [Category: Hobbies]
• Intermediate in manufacture of Paris Green; as fungicide /former/; as catalyst for organic reactions, incl rubber aging; in textile dyeing; as pigment for ceramics
• As insectide; mildew preventive
• Fabrics, textiles, pigment, catalyst
• For more Uses (Complete) data for COPPER(II) ACETATE (7 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

Names this substance appears under

Copper(II) acetate; 142-71-2; CUPRIC ACETATE; Copper diacetate; Copper(2+) diacetate; Venus copper; Copper(2+) acetate; Crystals of venus; Crystallized verdigris; copper (II) acetate; Cupric diacetate; Octan mednaty; Neutral verdigris; Acetate de cuivre; Acetic acid, copper(2+) salt; Acetic acid, cupric salt

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

Cupric acetate · CAS 142-71-2 · C4H6CuO4. UNII 39M11XPH03. 熔点: 239 °F (USCG, 1999).

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.