244597

Gold(III) chloride trihydrate

ACS reagent, ≥49.0%

• Synonym(s): Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III), Tetrachloroauric(III) acid
• Linear Formula: HAuCl₄ · 3H₂O
• CAS Number: 16961-25-4
• Molecular Weight: 393.83
• EC Number: 240-948-4
• MDL number: MFCD00149904
• UNSPSC Code: 12352300

Properties

• grade: ACS reagent
• concentration: ≥49.0%
• impurities: ≤0.1% insol. Ether
• cation traces: alkalies and other metals: ≤0.2%
• 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

Description

Application

Used in preparation of stable nanosized and underivatized colloidal gold particles in solution.[1]

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS08,GHS05,GHS07,GHS09
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H290,H302,H314,H373,H411
• pcodes: P260 - P273 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P314
• 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
• Storage Class: 8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable