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Gold(III) chloride trihydrate

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Technipur®, ≥99.9% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III), Tetrachloroauric(III) acid

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Linear Formula:
HAuCl4 · 3H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
393.83
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302

Quality Level

Assay

≥99.9% trace metals basis

form

crystals and lumps

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Catalysis
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impurities

≤1000.0 ppm (trace metals analysis)

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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

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General description

Gold (III) chloride trihydrate is popularly used to prepare gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for colloidal gold immunochromatography for fast detection of IgM and IgG antibodies of COVID-19 in human blood. [1][2]
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Technipur is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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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 Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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A facile assay for rapid detection of COVID-19 antibodies.
Liu, C et al
Royal Society of Chemistry, 28041-28048 (2020)
Detection of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein by gold nanospikes in an opto-microfluidic chip
Funari, R. et al.
Biosensors And Bioelectronics, 169, 112578-112578 (2020)

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