Potassium Acetate

General Information:

Structure:

CAS Number: 127-08-2

Molecular Weight: 98.14 g/mol

Appearance: White powder

Melting Point: 292 C

Base in palladium catalyzed borylations (ex. Suzuki reactions)

Procedure excerpt:

. . . the SM (1.0 equiv), KOAc (3.0 equiv), bis(pinacolato)diboron (2.0 equiv), tricyclohexylphosphine (0.8 equiv), and Pd2(dba)3 (0.2 equiv) in dioxane (0.06 M) was . . .

1) Patent Reference: WO2010026121, page 36, (3.6 MB)

2) Wikipedia: Potassium acetate (link)

3) www.sigmaaldrich.com: Potassium acetate (link)