Copper Hydroxide CAS NO.20427-59-2

Copper(II) hydroxide, Cu(OH)2, is thermodynamically unstable with respect to decomposition to the oxide. Copper(II) hydroxide prepared by the addition of sodium hydroxide to a salt of copper decomposes at temperatures above 100°C, and in the presence of excess alkali, it decomposes at temperatures above 50°C. It is virtually insoluble in water and decomposes in hot water to the more stable copper(II) oxide and water. Copper(II) hydroxide dissolves quickly in mineral acids and ammonia solution.
Copper hydroxide is an organic molecular entity.
Cupric hydroxide appears as a blue powder and it is not stable. Cupric hydroxide is used as a mordant and pigment, in the manufacture of many copper salts, and for staining paper. It is used as a fungicide/bactericide on fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals. It can be used as catalyst, feed additive, and a cuprammonium rayon process reagent to make the first semi-synthetic fiber product, Rayon.Furthermore, cupric hydroxide is used in the wood preservative products in aqueous systems.
Blue powder.Soluble in acids and ammonium hydroxide; insoluble in water.
The orthorhombic nature of copper hydroxide crystals was determined by X ray diffraction. Copper hydroxide can act as a heterogeneous catalyst in the selective oxidative cross coupling of terminal alkynes to yield their corresponding ynamides.