Gold (III) bromide

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Structural formula
Structural formula of the dimeric gold (III) bromide
General
Surname Gold (III) bromide
other names
  • Gold tribromide
  • Aurum bromatum
Molecular formula AuBr 3
Brief description

gray powder

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 10294-28-7
EC number 233-654-2
ECHA InfoCard 100.030.582
PubChem 82525
Wikidata Q419635
properties
Molar mass 436.68 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

Melting point

160 ° C

solubility

soluble in water and ethanol

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
05 - Corrosive

danger

H and P phrases H: 314
P: 280-305 + 351 + 338-310
Thermodynamic properties
ΔH f 0

−53.3 kJ / mol

As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Bromide gold (III) is a chemical compound from the group of bromides .

Extraction and presentation

Gold (III) bromide can be obtained directly by reacting the elements gold and bromine .

properties

Gold (III) bromide is a gray solid. It decomposes at a temperature above 160 ° C. The compound has a monoclinic crystal structure ( space group P 2 1 / c (space group no. 14) , lattice parameters a = 6.83 Å , b = 20.4 Å, c = 8.11 Å, β = 119.7 °) and is in the form of a planar dimer Au 2 Br 6 . Template: room group / 14

use

Gold (III) bromide is used as a homeopathic medicine.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d data sheet Gold (III) bromide from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on June 26, 2011 ( PDF ).
  2. a b c Margitta Albinus: Hager's handbook of pharmaceutical practice . 1993, ISBN 978-0-387-52640-9 ( page 329 in the Google book search).
  3. David R. Lide (Ed.): CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 90th edition. (Internet version: 2010), CRC Press / Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, Standard Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Substances, pp. 5-5.
  4. ^ AF Holleman , E. Wiberg , N. Wiberg : Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . 101st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-012641-9 , p. 1363.
  5. KP Lörcher, J. Strähle: The crystal structure of gold (III) bromide. In: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B , 30, 1975, pp. 662-664, doi : 10.1515 / znb-1975-9-1002
  6. ^ F. Hulliger: Structural chemistry of layer-type phases . 1977, ISBN 978-90-277-0714-7 ( page 165 in the Google book search).