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Platinum(II) chloride

98%

Synonym(s):

Platinum dichloride

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Linear Formula:
PtCl2
CAS Number:
10025-65-7
Molecular Weight:
265.98
MDL number:
MFCD00011181
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
eCl@ss:
38191303
PubChem Substance ID:
24852376
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: platinum
reagent type: catalyst

mp

581 °C (dec.) (lit.)

density

6.05 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

Cl[Pt]Cl

InChI

1S/2ClH.Pt/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

InChI key

CLSUSRZJUQMOHH-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Application

Platinum (II) chloride is a catalyst used for a variety of C-C bond, C-O bond, and C-N bond formation.
Platinum (II) chloride can be used to catalyze the cyclization of 1‐(indole‐2‐yl)‐2,3‐allenols to form polysubstituted carbazoles. It is also used in studies involving metalation of aromatic compounds.

Pictograms

Health hazardCorrosion
GHS08,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314,H317,H334

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Yang, S. C.; Tsai, Y. C.; Shue, Y. J.
Organometallics, 20, 5326-5326 (2001)
Reactions of tri-tert-butylphosphine with platinum (II) and palladium (II). Facile intramolecular metalation of tri-tert-butylphosphine
Goel, Ram G and Montemayor, Reynaldo
Inorganic Chemistry, 16(9), 2183-2186 (1977)
Aromatic metalation reactions by palladium (II) and platinum (II) on aromatic aldoximes and ketoximes
Onoue, Hiroshi and Minami, Kyoji and Nakagawa, Kunio
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 43(11) (1970)
Shibata, T.; Fujirawa, R.; Ueno, Y
Synlett, 152-152 (2005)
1-Pyrazolyl phosphazenes and their complexes with palladium (II) chloride and platinum (II) chloride
Gallicano, Keith D and Paddock, Norman L
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 60(4), 521-528 (1982)
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