Cupric nitrate → Copper oleate

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Reaction Steps

First, copper oleate was prepared by the known procedure. Thus, commercial sodium oleate was dissolved in pure water under heating at 60° C. Separately, an equivalent of copper nitrate was dissolved in pure water and the solution was added to the above aqueous solution of sodium oleate. The copper oleate separating out as oil was recovered using a separatory funnel.

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