Talk:Gold(III) chloride

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Caution with app's
The research literature on gold-based catalysis is voluminous. For this reason, it is prudent to stick to secondary or tertiary literature. All organic chemists want the readers of their publications to conclude that the work is "useful". I could be wrong, but there are zero applications of any of soluble gold complex in the production of any commercial organic compound. Zero. The biggest app for gold remains jewelry, around 80%.--Smokefoot (talk) 23:40, 14 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Not all gold goes to the jewelry industry, some gold-based medicine are known and are actively used, such as Auranofin. However, I agree there are very little applications of gold compounds to produce any organic compounds. Keres🌕Luna edits! 02:04, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Great. Yes, some antiarthritic drugs and such.  I really wish that Au was useful in org syn.  Maybe it'll happen, but I wanted to check that you knew.  Good luck with the article. Keep it up. --Smokefoot (talk) 03:41, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

" that Gold(III) chloride can directly convert a primary amine to a ketone without any additional steps?"
That statement describes a cool transformation. For a chemist, however, the statement requires qualification. The reaction is not very general. No one uses the process. It is stoichiometric. So ca. 300 g of AuCl3 is required to convert 100 g of cyclohexylamine to cyclohexanone that is easier to make otherwise. Chemists are however a critical crowd, and it may well be fun to tell the general audience that gold chloride has some potential as a reagent. --Smokefoot (talk) 23:58, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Cyclohexylamine
Is this article referring to cyclohexylamine as a secondary amine? Edsanville (talk) 13:49, 20 May 2023 (UTC)


 * That was a recent vandalism. Fixed. Keres🌕Luna edits! 17:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)