Gold aqueous chemistry

Alkene complexes Alkynyl complexes Ammine complexes Aqueous chemistry Arsine complexes Auranofin Auride ion Aurophilicity Binary compounds Bond lengths acetylacetonate complex alkyls and aryls ammine complexes carboxylates cyanide complexes dialkyl sulphide complexes dithiocarbamates to gold... 

An even more serious problem can arise when dissolved species expected to predominate at high temperatures are undetectable at 25°C or are only present at concentrations which are too low for them to be adequately characterized thermodynamically. Examples are certain transition metal chloro-complexes (9,10) and mixed complexes of such metals with hydroxide and another ligand (11,12). Thus it seems that chloride complexing so alters the aqueous chemistry of copper and gold that supposedly inert gold components in autoclaves are reversibly oxidized by Cull (10) and it is likely that mixed oxine and hydroxy complexes of Fell contribute considerably to the gross under-estimation (by a factor of up to 10 ) of magnetite solubility in oxine (12,14). 

Gray, D.J. 1998. The aqueous chemistry of gold in the weathering environment. CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Perth, Restricted Report EG4R, 65 pp. (Reissued as Open File Report 38, CRC LEME, Perth, 1998). 65. 

Compounds in oxidation states —I through V are known. The conunon and stable oxidation states that dominate the aqueous chemistry of gold are Au(I) and Au(III). The aquated ions are unstable to reduction, but many complexes are stabihzed by a variety of soft hgands. The remaining oxidation states (—1, II, IV, V) exhibit interesting chemical and physicochemical properties, but have not yet found medicinal applications. 

Gold (I) cyanide [506-65-0] M 223.0, m dec on heating. The lemon yellow powder is sparingly soluble in H2O and EtOH but soluble in aqueous NH3. It is obtained by heating H[Au(CN)2] at 110°. Wash well with H2O and EtOH and dry at 110°. It has an IR band at v 2239cm typical fo C=N stretching vibration. [Handbook of Preparative Inorg anic Chemistry (Ed. Brauer) Vol II 1064 7965.] CARE may evolve HCN. 

Afanasyeva, V.A. and Mironov, I.V. (2001) Gold(III) macrocydic complexes in aqueous solution. Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 27, 878 Afanasyeva, V.A., Glinskaya, L.A., Klevtsova, R.E. and Sheludyakova, L.A. (2005) Crystal and molecular structure of [Au(CuH24N4)][H30](C104)4. Joumal of Structural Chemistry, 46, 131. 

Other complexes with tetraaza macrocycles have been prepared by reaction of [Au(en)2]Cl3, ethylenediamine, or nitroethane and formaldehyde, although with nitroethane an acyclic ligand was also obtained (293).1715,1716 A gold(III) complex with a hexaaza macrocycle (1,8-dimethyl-1,3,6,8,10,13-hexaazacyclotetradecane) has been obtained by a transmetallation reaction from the nickel compound [NiL]2+ by reaction with [AuC14], 1717 The chemistry of tetraazamacrocycles in aqueous solution has been reported.1718... 

Fig. 10. A SPR Detection realized in a BIAcore system. A fan of polarized light passes a prism and is focused at the interface to an aqueous phase under conditions of total reflection. An evanescent wave enters the solvent phase. If the prism is coated with a thin gold layer at the interface the free electrons in the metal absorb energy from the evanescent wave for a distinct angle, depending on the refractive index of the solvent near the interface. B The gold layer can be modified with, e.g., a carboxydextrane matrix, where catcher molecules can be immobilized by standard chemistry. If a ligand is applied with the aqueous phase it may interact with the catcher and accumulate in the matrix, causing a shift in the resonance angle. If no specific binding occurs the refractive index in proximity of the sensor is less affected...

The above processes involve separation based either on bulk properties (for example, size, density, shape, etc.) directly or by subtle control of the chemistry of the narrow interfacial region between the mineral particle and the aqueous solution in which it is suspended. In the processing of certain ores, such as those of uranium, gold or oxidized copper, chemical alteration of the minerals may be required to recover the valuable metals. These techniques are not discussed here, except to include those aspects which are directly related to surfaces and interfaces. 

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