Gold_phosphide

Gold phosphide

Gold phosphide

Chemical compound

Gold phosphide is a hypothetical binary inorganic compound of gold metal and phosphorus with the chemical formula AuP.[1][2] No compound of composition AuP has been probed by X-ray crystallography. The only known gold phosphide is the metastable Au2P3.[3]

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Preparation

Gold phosphide was claimed to be prepared by the direct reaction of spongy gold and phosphorus or by passing phosphine into a solution of auric chloride in ether or alcohol:[4][5][6]

AuCl3 + PH3 → AuP + 3HCl

Properties

AuP is claimed to decompose in air or with H2O.[7]

References

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    Louis, Henry (1894). A Handbook of Gold Milling. Macmillan. p. 40. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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    Ganzenmuüller, Wilhelm; Gedschold, Hermann; Kotowski, Alfons; Gmelin, Leopold (1954). Gold: Lieferung 3 (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 728. ISBN 978-3-662-12700-1. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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    R. Prins; M. E. Bussell (2012). "Metal Phosphides: Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Reactivity". Catalysis Letters. 142 (12): 1413–1436. doi:10.1007/s10562-012-0929-7.
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    Ramsay, William (1891). A System of Inorganic Chemistry. J. & A. Churchill. p. 557. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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    Cavazzi, A. (1885). "Action of Phisphine on Auric Chloride". Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London. 48 (2): 875. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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    Roscoe, Henry Enfield; Schorlemmer, Carl (1898). A Treatise on Chemistry. D. Appleton. p. 413. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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    Comey, Arthur Messenger (1896). A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities Inorganic: xx, 515 p. Macmillan & Company. p. 174. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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