Nitrosyl Chloride is a yellow gas that is commonly encountered as a component of aqua regia, a mixture of 3 parts concentrated hydrochloric acid and 1 part of concentrated nitric acid. It is a strong electrophile and oxidizing agent.
Aqua regia (HNO3 + HCl) is well-known for its ability to dissolve gold. It's able to do this because it contains nitrosyl chloride - NOCl.
In this video I synthesized Nitrosyl chloride and demonstrated its reaction with gold!
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0:00 - Formation of aqua regia (mixing nitric acid with hydrochloric acid)
0:35 - Synthesis of pure nitrosyl chloride
3:42 - NOCl Hydrolysis
4:05 - Chlorine vapors and acetylene
4:23 - Nitrosyl chloride and acetylene
4:37 - Burning magnesium in an nitrosyl chloride atmosphere
5:12 - Reaction with potassium iodide
5:42 - Reaction with Hydrogen sulfide
6:16 - Reaction with gold
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