Silver lactate

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Silver lactate
Names
Other names
silver; 1-hydroxy-1-oxopropan-2-olate
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
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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).

Silver lactate is an organic chemical compound, a salt of silver and lactic acid[1] with the formula CH3CH(OH)COOAg.[2][3]

Synthesis

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

Physical properties

Silver lactate forms light gray crystals.[4]

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.[5]

Chemical properties

The compound reacts with triphenylphosphine gold chloride in a mixed solvent of benzene and dichloromethane to obtain colorless triphenylphosphine gold lactate.[6]

The compound reacts with a tetraphosphine ligand, dppbpda, to obtain a coordination polymer [(dppbpda)Ag4(CH3CH(OH)COO)4]n.[7]

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