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WE are able to report the isolation of copper carbonyl, which we obtained from the reaction of carbon monoxide with heated cuprous oxide. It is a white, readily sublimable solid, the vapour of which is dissociated at a higher temperature with the consequent deposition of metallic copper. Only small quantities are formed, but enough has been collected to afford a preliminary analysis indicating Cu(CO)3 as the empirical formula. A polymeric form would be expected in the case of copper, and its properties suggest that it is very possibly dimeric.
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ROBINSON, P., STAINTHORPE, K. Two New Carbonyls: Copper and Tellurium. Nature 153, 24–25 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153024b0
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