6992. Palladium Nitrate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 10102-05-3
Palladous nitrate.
N2O6Pd; mol wt 230.43.
N 12.16%, O 41.66%, Pd 46.18%.
Pd(NO3)2.

Description and references

Prepn from palladium and nitric acid: Gmelins, Palladium (8th ed.) 65, 269 (1942). Reported to be the dihydrate: Gatehouse et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1957, 4222.

Properties

Brown, deliquesc crystals. Sol in water with turbidity; with much water a brown basic salt precipitates; completely sol in dil HNO3. Keep well closed, protected from light.

Use

Sepn of Cl2 and I2; catalyst in organic syntheses.