Silver lactate

Silver lactate
Silver lactate.svg
Names
Other names
silver; 1-hydroxy-1-oxopropan-2-olate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.036.221 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 239-859-3
  • InChI=1S/C3H5O3.Ag/c1-2(4)3(5)6;/h2H,1H3,(H,5,6);/q-1;+1
    Key: CUPCAVOUAWGFEI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Ag+].[O-]C(C(=O)O)C
Properties
CH3CH(OH)COOAg
Molar mass 196.93 g/mol
Appearance Gray to purple powder or flakes
Melting point 120–122 °C (248–252 °F; 393–395 K)
Boiling point 227.6 °C (441.7 °F; 500.8 K)
Soluble
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H315, H319, H335
P302, P305, P338, P351, P352
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Silver lactate is an organic chemical compound, a salt of silver and lactic acid with the formula CH3CH(OH)COOAg.

Synthesis

Silver lactate can be made by the reaction of silver carbonate with lactic acid.

Physical properties

Silver lactate forms light gray crystals.

Silver lactate is soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol.

Silver lactate forms a crystalline hydrate of composition CH3CH(OH)COOAg•H2O.

Silver lactate is a reagent for the precipitation of uric acid.

Chemical properties

The compound reacts with triphenylphosphine gold chloride in a mixed solvent of benzene and dichloromethane to obtain colorless triphenylphosphine gold lactate.

The compound reacts with a tetraphosphine ligand, dppbpda, to obtain a coordination polymer [(dppbpda)Ag4(CH3CH(OH)COO)4]n.


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