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Potassium tetrachloroplatinate(II)

Technipur®, ≥99.9% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Potassium platinum(II) chloride

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Linear Formula:
K2PtCl4
CAS Number:
10025-99-7
Molecular Weight:
415.09
MDL number:
MFCD00011378
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥99.9% trace metals basis

density

3.38 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[K+].[K+].Cl[Pt--](Cl)(Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/4ClH.2K.Pt/h4*1H;;;/q;;;;2*+1;+2/p-4

InChI key

RVRDLMCWUILSAH-UHFFFAOYSA-J

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Application

K2PtCl4 can be used as precusor for Pt-nanoparticles. PtNPs/MoS2 composites may be used as biosensor to detect concentrations of dopamine and uric acid.

Features and Benefits

Reacts with bis(dithiolates) to form metal-bis(dithiolates) with applications in laser Q-switch materials, liquid crystals, optical CD recording media, bar code materials and superconductivity. Reacts with capping polymers to form shape-control colloidal platinum nanoparticles for catalysis and photocatalysts.

Legal Information

Technipur is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301,H315,H317,H318,H334

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Sadanand Pandey et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 113, 525-531 (2014-09-27)
We report a facile and green method to synthesise highly stable dispersions of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) with an average particle size of ∼ 6 nm. Natural, nontoxic, eco-friendly biopolymer guar gum was utilised as both the reducing and capping agent
Wenpei Gao et al.
Science advances, 5(1), eaau9590-eaau9590 (2019-02-13)
Control of reduction kinetics and nucleation processes is key in materials synthesis. However, understanding of the reduction dynamics in the initial stages is limited by the difficulty of imaging chemical reactions at the atomic scale; the chemical precursors are prone
Pyroelectric synthesis of Au/Pt bimetallic nanoparticles?BaTiO3 hybrid nanomaterials.
Wang L, et al.
Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 10(38), 22616-22621 (2020)
Simultaneous Determination of Dopamine and Uric Acid on a MoS2-CPtNPs Nanocomposite-Modified Electrode
Zhu Z, et al.
International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 15(4), 3969-3979 (2020)

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