Question

This element is found at the center of two interlocked rings in Jean-Pierre Sauvage (“suh-VAZH’s”) first synthesized catenane. This element’s chloride regenerates the palladium catalyst in the Wacker process. This element catalyzes (-5[1])a cycloaddition (10[1])that Barry Sharpless called the “cream (10[1])of the crop” (10[3])of click chemistry. (10[3]-5[1])This (10[1])metal’s (10[2])sulfate (10[2])is present (10[1])in Benedict’s and Fehling’s (10[2])reagents, (10[2]-5[1])which are used to (10[1])detect (10[1])reducing (10[1])sugars. (10[3]-5[1])Lithium and this metal (10[1])are found (-5[1])in Gilman reagents. (10[3]-5[1])This metal’s fully filled (10[1])3d orbitals (10[1])and partially filled 4s (10[1])orbital (10[1])make it the (10[1])second-lightest (10[1])element to violate the Aufbau (-5[1])principle. This metal produces a characteristic blue-green (10[1])color (10[3])in a flame test. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, name this metal (10[1])alloyed with zinc in brass, (10[1])with (-5[1])atomic (10[2])number (10[1])29 (10[1])and symbol (10[2])Cu. (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: copper [or Cu till read; accept copper (I) or copper (II) chloride; accept copper (II) sulfate] (Barry Sharpless praised the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition.)
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Aswath Karai (DII)Michigan State AMichigan State C (UG)4110
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Geoffrey WuColumbia ARutgers A4610
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Oscar DespardCambridge AImperial B4710
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern AWashU D4910
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Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton AWarwick B5310
Abby SmithBerkeley CStanford A5410
Neal JoshiWashU BUIUC A54-5
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Braden Booth (D2)MissouriTexas A61-5
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Richard LimBowdoin AClark A9810
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Juan LandaetaFlorida State University AUF F10210
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Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BHopkins B12110
Brynn JonesOregon StateTexas D12110
Aidan BernardoFlorida Tech AUF B12110
Graham LucasBowdoin BWilliams A12110
Andrew MessersmithA Brandeis SupremeAmherst A12110
Kaitlyn FarrinCarabrandeisHarvard A12110