Specification
Description
Gold-coloured powder or tiny sheets;Soft yellow metal; gold-colored powder or tiny sheets.
Synonyms
Gold, wire, length 2 m, 0.20 mm diameter, high purity 99.99%; Gold, wire, 0.75 mm diameter, length 1 m, purity 99.95%; Gold, wire, 0.25 mm diameter, length 5 m, high purity 99.99+%; Gold, foil, thickness 0.002 mm, size 50 x 50 mm, purity 99.9%; Gold, wire, 0.05 mm diameter, length 10 m, purity 99.99+%; Spherical Gold Nanoparticles (70 nm); Gold, wire, 0.10 mm diameter, length 0.5 m, high purity 99.99%; Gold, wire, 0.025 mm diameter, length 5 m, purity 99.99+%; Gold, foil, thickness 0.005 mm, size 50 x 50 mm, purity 99.9%; Gold, foil, thickness 0.250 mm, size 50 x 50 mm, high purity 99.99%;
InChI Key
PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Boiling Point
2700 deg C;4892°F
Melting Point
1064.76 deg C;1948.57°F
Solubility
INSOL IN WATER, ACID; SOL IN POTASSIUM CYANIDE, HOT SULFURIC ACID;Soluble in aqua regia, insoluble in acids;Dissolves readily in 3:1 hydrochloric-nitric acid to form HAuCl4; dissolves in cyanide solutions in the presence of air or hydrogen peroxide to form Au(CN)2
Application
A chiral diphosphine ligand used in the highly-enantioselective hydrogenation of ketoesters, hydroxyketones, ketophosphonates and succinates. A ligand used for the dynamic kinetic resolution of α,β−unsaturated lactones via asymmetric copper-catalyzed conjugate reduction. Used in the intramolecular Heck reaction for the synthesis of diterpenoids. Used in asymmetric Pauson-Khand reaction. Used in asymmetric iminonitroso Diels-Alder reaction. Palladium catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of N-tosyl ketimines. Ligand for asymmetric hydroalkynylation of norbornadienes
Color/Form
Soft, yellow metal;Cubic, yellow, ductile, metallic crystals; forms red, blue, or violet colloidal suspensions.;Yellow, ductile metal, relatively soft;Yellow, soft metal, face-centered cubic structure;Malleable, lustrous, yellow metal;When prepared by volatilization or precipitation methods, deep violet, purple, or ruby powder
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
EC Number
231-165-9;231-165-9
Exact Mass
196.96657g/mol
Heat of Vaporization
324 kJ/mol
Monoisotopic Mass
196.96657g/mol
Other Experimental
/Gold/ reacts with aqua regia, with mixture containing chlorides, bromides, or iodides if they can generate nascent halogens, with many oxidizing mixture especially those containing halogens. Also with alkali cyanides, solution of thiocyanates and double cyanides.;VP: 1 Pa @ 1373 °C; 10 Pa @ 1541 °C; 100 Pa at 1748 °C; 1 kPa @ 2008 °C; 10 kPa @ 2347 °C; 100 kPa @ 2805 °C;Hardness (Mohs') 2.5-3.0; (Brinell's) 18.5; one natural isotope: 197; artificial isotopes (mass number): 177-179, 181, 183, 185-196, 198-203; Atomic number 79; Valences 1 and 3;Extremely inactive; not attacked by acids or oxygen; superficially attacked by aqueous halogens at room temperature; Reacts with aqua regia, with mixtures containing chlorides, bromides, and iodides, if they can generate nascent halogens, with many oxidizing mixtures, especially those containing halogens, also with alkali cyanides, solutions of thiocyanates and double cyanides.;Excellent reflector of infrared and heat; electrical resistivity: 2.06 microohm-cm @ 0 °C; extremely high light reflectivity;Standard enthalpy of formation: 366.1 kJ/mol (gas);Enthalpy of fusion: 12.55 kJ/mol;Does not corrode in air, but is tarnished by sulfur; chemically non-reactive; attacked by chlorine and cyanide solutions in the presence of oxygen.;GOOD CONDUCTOR OF HEAT AND ELECTRICITY;Very stable and nonreactive, does not burn or oxidize in air; reacts with various oxidizing agents at ambient temperatures provided a good ligand in present to lower the redox potential below that of water; not attacked by most acids under ordinary conditions; stable in basic media; reacts with halogens, particularly in the presence of moisture, and at low (<200 °C) temperatures.;IT FORMS ALLOYS WITH A NUMBER OF METALS INCLUDING SILVER, COPPER, PLATINUM, PALLADIUM, MANGANESE, ZINC & MAGNESIUM
Physical Description
Gold-coloured powder or tiny sheets;Soft yellow metal; gold-colored powder or tiny sheets.;
Stability
Extremely inactive; not attacked by acids, air or oxygen. Superficially attacked by aq halogens at room temp.;Does not corrode in air, but is tarnished by sulfur;...Stable in basic media.
Topological Polar Surface Area
0A^2