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Usage

Chemical Description

Gold(III) chloride is a gold salt that is commonly used as a catalyst in organic synthesis.

Upstream product

• 50960-82-2 carbonylgold(I) chloride 

Downstream Products

• 10294-31-2 gold(I) iodide 
• 7440-57-5 gold 
• 57485-08-2 gold(I) bromide 
• 10294-29-8 gold(I) chloride 
• 125853-68-1 AuCl2(η2-S2CCl) 
• 133346-68-6 (C₆H₅)2SeAuCl₃ 
• 380650-30-6 dichloro(2,5-lutidine)(4-chlorophenyl)gold(III) 
• 380650-24-8 dichloro(2,5-lutidine)(2,5-xylyl)gold(III) 
• 380650-26-0 dichloro(2,5-lutidine)(mesityl)gold(III) 
• 380650-29-3 dichloro(2,5-lutidine)(4-methoxyphenyl)gold(III) 
• 380650-28-2 dichloro(2,5-lutidine)(4-cumenyl)gold(III) 
• 380650-21-5 dichloro(2,6-lutidine)(3,4-xylyl)gold(III) 
• 380650-19-1 dichloro(2,6-lutidine)(4-tolyl)gold(III) 
• 59124-85-5 (Au(C₆H₅)Cl₂)2 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Transition-metal-catalyzed oxidation of carbon monoxide by dichlorine to produce phosgene

Halometal carbonyls of gold, palladium, and platinum catalyze the formation of COCl2 from carbon monoxide and dichlorine at atmospheric pressure and room temperature under exclusion of light. Semiquantitative data show that the catalytic efficiency in this homogeneous process is Au > Pd > Pt. Attack at the carbonyl carbon of soluble halo-carbonyl complexes by coordinated chloride or by dichlorine to give unstable M-C(O)-Cl groupings is believed to be operative in these processes.