Reactivity Documentation
Salts, Basic |
mixed with |
Alkynes, with Acetylenic Hydrogen |
Summary
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
Details
Salts, Basic
is a reactive group.
Alkynes, with Acetylenic Hydrogen
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Salts, Basic
mixed with
Alkynes, with Acetylenic Hydrogen
Alkynes, with Acetylenic Hydrogen
Hazard Predictions
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
When acetylene comes into contact with alkaline solutions of copper (II) salts, explosive copper acetylides can be formed. Silver and mercury salts will also give explosive acetylides in contact with acetylene (Bretherick, L. 1996. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Vol. 2, p 191-192. Fifth Ed. Urben, P.G., Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA).
Mixtures of acetylenic compounds with other basic salts may also result in the formation of explosive metal acetylides. Caution should be used before proceeding. Further research of comparable examples in the literature or very small scale, carefully controlled experiments may be needed to fully assess compatibility.