Gold(I) chloride

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Gold(I) chloride is a compound of gold and chlorine with the chemical formula AuCl. It is a metastable yellow solid that hydrolyses in warm water and decomposes to gold and chlorine gas at elevated temperatures. It has limited uses in organic chemistry as a Lewis acid.

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