Gold(I) chloride
ALDRICH/481130 - 99.9% trace metals basis
Synonym: Aurous chloride; Gold monochloride
CAS Number: 10294-29-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): AuCl
Molecular Weight: 232.42
EC Number: 233-655-8
MDL Number: MFCD00046175
Linear Formula: AuCl
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.9% trace metals basis |
| density | 7.57 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | powder |
| impurities | ≤1500 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/Au.ClH/h;1H/q+1;/p-1 |
| InChI key | FDWREHZXQUYJFJ-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 289 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| reaction suitability | reagent type: catalyst core: gold |
| SMILES string | [Cl-].[Au+] |
| Application: | Gold(I) chloride can be used:• As a precursor to prepare magnetic nanocatalyst systems for various organic transformations. For example, Fe3O4@SiO2-P–AuCl can be used as a catalyst for one-pot reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones with various aromatic amines. • As a starting material to synthesize Au-containing complexes for application in the field of drug delivery, solar cells, sensors, and organic synthesis. • As a precatalyst for stereoselective cycloisomerization of α-thioallenes to 2,5-dihydrothiophenes via C-S bond formation. • As a catalyst for the conversion of siloxy cyclohexadienes, to the corresponding1,2- and 1,3-cyclohexenones via Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization. |
| General description: | Gold(I) chloride is a yellow crystalline solid with a monoclinic structure. It sublimes at elevated temperatures. Gold(III)chloride is thermally decomposed to produce gold(I) chloride. It is widely used as a precursor to prepare gold nanoparticles and catalyst systems. |
| Packaging: | 1, 5 g in glass bottle |
| Symbol |   GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H314 - H317 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P272 - P280 - P301 + P330 + P331 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 34-43 |
| Safety Statements | 26-27-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 3260 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.9% trace metals basis |
| mp | 289 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Density | 7.57 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |