Cesium hydroxide monohydrate
ALDRICH/562505 - ≥99.5% trace metals basis
Synonym: Cesium hydroxide hydrate
CAS Number: 35103-79-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): HCsO · H2O
Molecular Weight: 167.93
EC Number: 244-344-1
MDL Number: MFCD00010964
Linear Formula: HCsO · H2O
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥99.5% trace metals basis |
| density | 3.68 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | powder or crystals |
| impurities | ≤5000.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/Cs.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1 |
| InChI key | HUCVOHYBFXVBRW-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 272 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Cs+].[O-][H].[H]O[H] |
| Application: | Cesium hydroxide monohydrate can be used: • As a catalyst to prepare unsymmetrical Bis-allyl ethers via dimerization of Baylis-Hillman adducts. • As a dopant to fabricate vanadium oxide thin films as a hole extraction layer for perovskite solar cells. • As an initiator for ring opening polymerization of monosubstituted oxiranes. • As a promoter to synthesize secondary amines via chemoselective N-alkylation. |
| Features and Benefits: | • As a strong base ≥99.5% CsOH serves as an effective catalyst in organic reactions, enhancing reaction rates and selectivity without the risk of impurities affecting the outcomes. • ≥99.5% CsOH is used in the synthesis of various cesium compounds, ensuring that contaminants do not interfere with chemical reactions, leading to higher yields and purity of the final products. |
| General description: | Cesium hydroxide is a strong base that can be used in organic synthesis, as a catalyst, and as an intermediate in the production of cesium compounds. |
| Packaging: | 1, 5 kg in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 - H314 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P270 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 22-35 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 2682 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥99.5% trace metals basis |
| mp | 272 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 3.68 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |



