Gold(III) chloride hydrate
ALDRICH/50790 - ~50% Au basis
Synonym: Auric chloride; Chloroauric acid; Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) hydrate; Tetrachloroauric(III) acid
CAS Number: 27988-77-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): HAuCl4 · xH2O
Molecular Weight: 339.79 (anhydrous basis)
EC Number: 240-948-4
MDL Number: MFCD00149903
Linear Formula: HAuCl4 · aq
Product Type: Chemical
| color | yellow |
| concentration | ~50% Au |
| density | 3.9 g/mL at 25 °C |
| form | powder or crystals |
| InChI | 1S/Au.4ClH.H2O/h;4*1H;1H2 |
| InChI key | OVJUDSKPNIBLOO-UHFFFAOYSA |
| SMILES string | O.Cl.Cl[Au](Cl)Cl |
| Application: | Used as a catalyst in asymmetric aldol reactions, diboration of vinylarenes, dehydrogenative dimerizations of trialkystannanes, carbonylation of olefins and amines, C-C, C-O bond couplings, oxidation of sulfides, selective oxidation of thioethers. |
| General description: | Gold (III) chloride hydrate,also known as chloroauric acid, is used as precursor to synthesize gold nanoparticles. It also exihibits very high catalytic activity. |
| Packaging: | 1, 5 g in glass bottle |
| Packaging: | 250 mg in glass bottle |
| Symbol |   GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 - H314 - H317 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P270 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 22-34-43 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 3260 8 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Density | 3.9 g/mL at 25 °C |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |