Organic aqua regia-Powerful liquids for dissolving noble metals

Wei Lin, Rong Wei Zhang, Seung Soon Jang, Ching Ping Wong, Jung Il Hong

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Abstract

The noble prize: Various noble metals can be dissolved in organic solutions with high dissolution rates under mild conditions by using thionyl chloride (SOCl2) and organic solvents/reagents (pyridine, N,N- dimethylformamide, and imidazole). Varying the composition of the solvent and reaction conditions even allows the selective dissolution of noble metals (see picture).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7929-7932
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume49
Issue number43
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Dissolution
  • Noble metals
  • Selectivity
  • Solvolysis
  • Thionyl chloride

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