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Gold(III) chloride trihydrate

ACS reagent, ≥49.0% Au basis

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Synonym(s):
Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III), Tetrachloroauric(III) acid
Linear Formula:
HAuCl4 · 3H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
393.83
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

form

powder, crystals or chunks

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: gold

concentration

≥49.0% Au

impurities

≤0.1% Insoluble in ether

cation traces

alkalies and other metals (as sulfates): ≤0.2%

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Cl[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].Cl[Au](Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/Au.4ClH.3H2O/h;4*1H;3*1H2/q+3;;;;;;;/p-3

InChI key

XYYVDQWGDNRQDA-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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Application

Gold(III) chloride trihydrate can be used as a gold precursor salt for the production of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) using various reducing agents.
It can also be used as a catalyst in the following processes:
  • HAuCl4 3H2O inPEG 400 is used to synthesize spirochromene derivatives via a one-pot three-component reaction of isatins/acenaphthoquinone, active methylene compounds, and cyclic 1,3-diketones/4-hydroxycoumarin.      
  • Au/CeO2 catalytic system is used in chemoselective oxidation of aromatic/aliphatic alcohols to corresponding carbonyl compounds.      
  • Used in the synthesis of allylnaphthalenes by ring-opening of 1,4-epoxy-1,4-dihydronaphthalenes with allyltrimethylsilane.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT RE 2 Oral

target_organs

Kidney

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable


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Regioselective Gold-Catalyzed Allylative Ring Opening of 1, 4-Epoxy-1, 4-dihydronaphthalenes
Sawama Y, et al.
Synlett, 2010(14), 2151-2155 (2010)
Efficient chemoselective alcohol oxidation using oxygen as oxidant. Superior performance of gold over palladium catalysts
Abad A, et al.
Tetrahedron, 62(28), 6666-6672 (2006)
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Gold (III) chloride (HAuCl4.3H2O) in PEG: A new and efficient catalytic system for the synthesis of functionalized spirochromenes
Kidwai M, et al.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 425, 35-43 (2012)
Synthesis and stability of fluorescent gold nanoparticles by sodium borohydride in the presence of mono-6-deoxy-6-pyridinium-?-cyclodextrin chloride
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