This element's sulfide names a crystal lattice that is identical to diamond except for containing alternating atoms at adjacent lattice sites.
This element's sulfide names a crystal lattice that is identical to diamond except for containing alternating atoms at adjacent lattice sites. Using this element and an acid as reagents, alpha-halo esters and aldehydes or ketones are converted to beta-hydroxyesters in the Reformatsky reaction. A "couple" of copper and this element is used in the cyclopropanation of alkenes called the Simmons-Smith reaction. An amalgam of this element and mercury is used with hydrochloric acid to reduce aldehydes and ketones to alkanes in the Clemmensen reduction. To prevent rusting or corrosion, a surface coating of this metal is applied to steel or iron in the process of galvanization. For 10 points, name this metal with symbol Zn.
This element's sulfide names a crystal lattice that is identical to diamond except for containing alternating atoms at adjacent lattice sites.
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