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copper(II) oxide
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chemical compound
OverviewAI-generated
Copper(II) oxide is a chemical compound with the formula CuO. It has a density of 6.4 and a mass of 78.924512. The substance melts at 1446 and boils at 2000. Its decomposition point is 1879, and it has a vapor pressure of 0. The IUPAC name for the compound is copper oxygen(2-).
Safety data indicates an immediately dangerous to life or health level of 100. The time-weighted average exposure limit is 0.1. The compound has a charge of 0, with one hydrogen bond acceptor and no hydrogen bond donors. Its topological polar surface area is 1.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- CuO
- Molecular weight
- 79.55 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- copper oxygen(2-)
- SMILES
- [O-2].[Cu+2]
- InChIKey
- KKCXRELNMOYFLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
2,420 papers- Copper oxide nanoparticles as delivery vehicles for different Pt(II)-drugs: experimental and theoretical evaluation.Journal of materials chemistry. B · 2025
- Copper(II) Oxide Nanoparticles Embedded within a PEDOT Matrix for Hydrogen Peroxide Electrochemical Sensing.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Ascorbate Oxidase Mimetic Activity of Copper(II) Oxide Nanoparticles.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2020
- Nanosized copper(ii) oxide/silica for catalytic generation of nitric oxide from S-nitrosothiols.Journal of materials chemistry. B · 2020
- Determination of the Influence of Various Factors on the Character of Surface Functionalization of Copper(I) and Copper(II) Oxide Nanosensors with Phenylboronic Acid Derivatives.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
Copper(II) oxide or cupric oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula CuO. A black solid, it is one of the two stable oxides of copper, the other being Cu2O or copper(I) oxide (cuprous oxide). As a mineral, it is known as tenorite, or sometimes black copper. It is a product of copper mining and the precursor to many other copper-containing products and chemical compounds.
Structure and physical properties
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