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Copper(III) Dithiocarbamates. An Undergraduate Experimental Project with Unexpected Challenges
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We describe the products resulting from the reaction of copper(II) chloride and the ligand N,N,N’,Î’</ι>,-tetraethylthiuram disulfide. This project experiment for undergraduate students involves the complete characterization of the reaction product and an explanation of the course followed by the reaction.
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Upper-Division UndergraduateKeywords (Domain):
Inorganic ChemistryKeywords (Pedagogy):
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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