Making Gold(I) Cyanide AuCN, Fulminating Gold, & Potassium Dicyanoaurate Crystals K[Au(CN)2]

First published at 22:02 UTC on July 13th, 2021.
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I prepare fulminating gold from chloroauric acid and from that I make potassium dicyanoaurate(I) by addition of aqueous sodium potassium cyanide solution. After crystallization of the K[Au(CN)2] (got a good timelapse!) the dicyanoaurate(I) is reacte…

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