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Silver nitrate

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Synonym(s):
Nitric acid silver(I) salt
Linear Formula:
AgNO3
CAS Number:
7761-88-8
Molecular Weight:
169.87
EC Number:
231-853-9
MDL number:
MFCD00003414
PubChem Substance ID:
329824565
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

5.8 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99.0% (titration)

form

solid

mp

212 °C (dec.) (lit.)

SMILES string

[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[Ag+]

InChI

1S/Ag.NO3/c;2-1(3)4/q+1;-1

InChI key

SQGYOTSLMSWVJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Silver nitrate, also known as Nitric acid silver(I) salt, is an odorless, colorless, or white versatile inorganic compound widely used as an oxidant and cauterizing agent due to its sclerosing, dehydrating, and escharotic properties. It is commonly used as a catalyst in the hydrolytic oxidation of organosilanes, leading to the production of high hydrogen yield and organosilanols.

Application

Silver nitrate can be used as a catalyst:
  • For the oxidation of aromatic, aliphatic, and conjugated aldehydes to the corresponding carboxylic acids in the presence of H2O2 as an oxidant.
  • In the air oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohols to corresponding aldehydes or ketones in the presence of Na2CO3.
It can also be used as a reagent to synthesize aroyl cyanides from α-bromoarylacetonitriles.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Repr. 1B - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

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Catalytic hydrogen evolution from hydrolytic oxidation of organosilanes with silver nitrate catalyst
Alan Kay Liang T, et al.
Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 4, 37645-37648 (2014)
Revitalising silver nitrate for caries management
Sherry Shiqian G, et al.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 80-80 (2018)
Oxidation of aniline with silver nitrate accelerated by p-phenylenediamine: a new route to conducting composites
Patrycja B, et al.
Macromolecules, 43, 10406-10413 (2010)
Irina Blinova et al.
Environmental science and pollution research international, 20(5), 3456-3463 (2012-11-13)
Although silver nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly used in various consumer products and produced in industrial scale, information on harmful effects of nanosilver to environmentally relevant organisms is still scarce. This paper studies the adverse effects of silver NPs to two
Tao Xu et al.
Organic letters, 14(21), 5416-5419 (2012-10-24)
A silver-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative aminofluorination of alkynes has been developed by using NFSI as a fluorinating reagent. This reaction represents an efficient method for the synthesis of various 4-fluoroisoquinolines and 4-fluoropyrrolo[α]isoquinolines.
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