Nitratoauric acid
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IUPAC name
Hydrogen tetranitratoaurate(III)[1]
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HAu(NO3)4 | |
Molar mass | 445.99 g/mol (anhydrous) 500.04 g/mol (trihydrate) |
Appearance | Brown Crystals[1] |
Density | 2.84 g/cm3[1] |
Melting point | 72.6 °C (162.7 °F; 345.8 K)[2] |
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Solubility in nitric acid | Insoluble (0 °C) Soluble (30 °C) |
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Monoclinic | |
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a = 1214.5 pm, b = 854.4 pm, c = 1225.7 pm
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Oxidizing |
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H272, H302, H312, H315, H318, H332, H335 | |
P210, P220, P221, P261, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P332+P313 | |
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Other anions
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Chloroauric acid |
Other cations
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Potassium tetranitratoaurate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Nitratoauric acid, hydrogen tetranitratoaurate, or simply called gold(III) nitrate is a crystalline gold compound that forms the trihydrate, HAu(NO3)4·3H2O or more correctly H5O2Au(NO3)4·H2O.[3][2] This compound is an intermediate in the process of extracting gold.[4]
Preparation and reactions
Nitratoauric acid is prepared by the reaction of gold(III) hydroxide and concentrated nitric acid at 100 °C:[2][5]
- Au(OH)3 + HNO3 → HAu(NO3)4 + H2O
This compound reacts with potassium nitrate to form potassium tetranitratoaurate at 0 °C:[6]
- HAu(NO3)4 + KNO3 → KAu(NO3)4 + HNO3
Properties
Nitratoauric acid trihydrate decomposes to the monohydrate at 72 °C. If continually heated to 203 °C, it decomposes to auric oxide.[2]
Reference
- ^ a b c "Gold Nitrate". ESPI Metals.
- ^ a b c d e f Oliver Büchner; Mathias S. Wickleder (2004). "Tetranitratogoldsäure, (H5O2)[Au(NO3)4]·H2O: Synthese, Kristallstruktur und thermisches Verhalten des ersten sauren Nitrates des Goldes". ZAAC (in German). Wiley Online Library. 630 (7): 1079–1083. doi:10.1002/zaac.200400092.
- ^ A. Jamieson Walker (1924). The Alkali-metals and Their Congeners. the University of California: C. Griffin. p. 349.
- ^ D. P. Graddon; H. Taube; A. G. Maddock (2017). An Introduction to Co-Ordination Chemistry (Ebook) (2nd ed.). Elsevier Science. p. 148. ISBN 9781483184111.
- ^ Harry Mann Gordin (1913). Elementary Chemistry (1 ed.). the University of Wisconsin - Madison: Medico-dental Publishing Company. p. 437.
- ^ Ripan R., Chetyanu I. (1972). Inorganic chemistry. Chemistry of metals. Vol. 2. Moscow: World.