Interesting. How did you prepare the Ba- and Sr-benzoates?
I simply added HCl to ammonium benzoate that Instantly forms an near insoluble ppt of Benzoic acid, this is then washed several times and filtered off.
this was then reacted with the Hydroxides of each metal. there are alternate routes however, but this thread is about Copper Benzoate, so best not discussed in here.
Edited by YT2095, 14 January 2008 - 05:47 PM.