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isopropoxide

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  • noun chemistry The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion

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  • Reagents useful for the oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones, but normally inefficient for oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes, include chromium trioxide (CrO3) in a mixture of sulfuric acid and acetone (Jones oxidation) and certain ketones, such as cyclohexanone, in the presence of aluminium isopropoxide (Oppenauer oxidation).

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Forms

  1. aluminium isopropoxide
  2. barium isopropoxide
  3. lithium isopropoxide
  4. scandium isopropoxide
  5. titanium isopropoxide
  6. yttrium isopropoxide

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