Gold(III) chloride solution
ALDRICH/484385 - 99.99% trace metals basis, 30 wt. % in dilute HCl
Synonym: Auric chloride; Gold trichloride
CAS Number: 16903-35-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): HAuCl4
Molecular Weight: 339.79
MDL Number: MFCD00011322
Linear Formula: HAuCl4
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.99% trace metals basis |
| composition | Au, 17 wt. % |
| concentration | 30 wt. % in dilute HCl |
| density | 1.637 g/mL at 25 °C |
| form | liquid |
| impurities | ≤150.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/Au.4ClH/h;4*1H/q+3;;;; |
| InChI key | VDLSFRRYNGEBEJ-UHFFFAOYSA |
| SMILES string | [H][Au](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl |
| Application: | Noble-Metal Nanostructures with Controlled Morphologies  |
| Application: | Gold(III) chloride solution can be used:• As a starting material to prepare thiolate-stabilized gold nanoparticles. • As an efficient catalyst for single-pot oxidative functionalization of alkanes and alcohols. • As a catalyst for diastereoselective alkylation reactions with chiral benzylic acetates. Suitable precursormaterial for the synthesis of Gold nanorods by using Seed-Mediated Growth Methodwhich has been used for cancer cell imaging and photothermal therapy. |
| General description: | Gold(III) chloride solution, commonly called asauric chloride or auric acid is widely used as a precursor to synthesize goldcomplexes and stable gold nanoparticles. It also finds application in the fieldof catalysis. |
| Packaging: | 10, 50 g in amber poly bottle |
| Symbol |     GHS05,GHS07,GHS08,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H290 - H302 - H314 - H373 - H411 |
| Precautionary statements | P273 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P314 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 34-43 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45-60 |
| RIDADR | UN 3264 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.99% trace metals basis |
| Density | 1.637 g/mL at 25 °C |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |