Copper(II) alkyl- and benzylnitrosohydroxylaminates as precursors for the synthesis of copper(I) oxide micro- and nanoparticles of various morphologies

We describe the thermal decomposition of a number of copper(II) alkyl- and benzylnitrosohy-droxylaminates via thermostating in polyethylene glycol and 2-dodecyl-1H-imidazole for various lengths of time. This process is shown to lead to the formation of copper(I) oxide nanoparticles, which have been characterized by X-ray diffraction and electron spectroscopy. The starting copper(II) nitrosohydroxylaminates have been characterized by thermogravimetry. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2014. © O.V. Kovalchukova, Ali Sheikh Bostanabad, N.N. Lobanov, T.A. Rudakova, P.V. Strashnov, Yu.A. Skarzhevskii, I.N. Zyuzin, 2014.