Chloroauric acid

Chloroauric acid is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula H[AuCl4]. It forms hydrates H[AuCl4]·nH2O. Both the trihydrate and tetrahydrate are known. Both are orange-yellow solids consisting of the planar [AuCl4] anion. Often chloroauric acid is handled as a solution, such as those obtained by dissolution of gold in aqua regia. These solutions can be converted to other gold complexes or reduced to metallic gold or gold nanoparticles.

Chloroauric acid
Names
Other names
  • Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate
  • Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III)
  • Chlorauric acid
  • Tetrachloroauric(III) acid
  • Aurochloric acid
  • Aurate(1−), tetrachloro-, hydrogen, (SP-4-1)-
  • Hydrogen aurichloride
  • brown gold chloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.037.211
EC Number
  • 240-948-4
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Au.4ClH/h;4*1H/q+3;;;;/p-3 Y
    Key: VDLSFRRYNGEBEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-K Y
  • InChI=1/Au.4ClH.Na/h;4*1H;/q+3;;;;;+1/p-4/rAuCl4.Na/c2-1(3,4)5;/q-1;+1
    Key: IXPWAPCEBHEFOV-ACHCXQQJAP
  • InChI=1/Au.4ClH/h;4*1H/q+3;;;;/p-3/rAuCl4/c2-1(3,4)5/q-1/p+1
    Key: VDLSFRRYNGEBEJ-ZXMCYSOYAI
  • [H+].Cl[Au-](Cl)(Cl)Cl
Properties
H[AuCl4]
Molar mass
  • 339.785 g/mol (anhydrous)
  • 393.833 g/mol (trihydrate)
  • 411.85 g/mol (tetrahydrate)
Appearance orange-yellow needle-like hygroscopic crystals
Density 3.9 g/cm3 (anhydrous)
2.89 g/cm3 (tetrahydrate)
Melting point 254 °C (489 °F; 527 K) (decomposes)
350 g of H[AuCl4] in 100 g of H2O
Solubility soluble in alcohol, ester, ether, ketone
log P 2.67510
Conjugate base Tetrachloroaurate(III)
Structure
monoclinic
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Danger
H302, H314, H317, H373, H411
P260, P261, P264, P272, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P333+P313, P363, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
3
0
1
Safety data sheet (SDS) JT Baker
Related compounds
Other anions
Tetrabromoauric acid
Related compounds
Gold(III) chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references
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