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Diethylzinc solution

1.0 M in heptane

Synonym(s):

Zincdiethyl

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Linear Formula:
(C2H5)2Zn
CAS Number:
557-20-0
Molecular Weight:
123.51
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3587207
MDL number:
MFCD00009021
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
24865350
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

100

concentration

1.0 M in heptane

bp

98 °C

density

0.74 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

CC[Zn]CC

InChI

1S/2C2H5.Zn/c2*1-2;/h2*1H2,2H3;

InChI key

HQWPLXHWEZZGKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Diethylzinc solution can be used in the synthesis of:
  • Bis(pyridylpyrrolyl)zinc luminescent complexes.
  • A versatile building block, 5-(ketoaryl)thiazole.
  • ZnxCd1-xSe nanocrystals having high luminescence properties.

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Pyr. Liq. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

target_organs

Central nervous system

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

12.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-11 °C - closed cup

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Composition-Tunable ZnxCd1-xSe nanocrystals with high luminescence and stability.
Xinhua Z, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125(28), 8589-8594 (2003)
Practical synthesis of a highly functionalized thiazole ketone.
Frey LF, et al.
Tetrahedron, 59(33), 6363-6373 (2003)
Pyridylpyrrolides as alternatives to cyclometalated phenylpyridine ligands: synthesis and characterization of luminescent zinc and boron pyridylpyrrolide complexes.
Klappa JJ, et al.
Dalton Transactions, 883-891 (2004)
Yan Yin et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 72(15), 5731-5736 (2007-06-22)
Intramolecular hydroamination of alkynyl amides was effected by a catalytic amount of Et2Zn (20 mol %) to form indole derivatives, and a tandem cyclization/nucleophilic addition procedure involving reaction of the indole zinc salt intermediate with acid chlorides or halides was
Efficient chirality switching in the addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes in the presence of simple chiral alpha-amino amides.
M Isabel Burguete et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 46(47), 9002-9005 (2007-09-26)
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