Caesium auride

{{Chembox

| Verifiedfields = changed

| Watchedfields = changed

| Name =

| ImageFile = CsCl polyhedra.png

| ImageFile1 = Caesium-auride-3D-vdW.png

| ImageFile2 = Caesium auride.png

| ImageCaption2 = Solution of CsAu(left), pure CsAu(right)

| verifiedrevid = 459436295

| OtherNames =

| IUPACName = Caesium auride

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}}

| CASNo = 12256-37-0

| ChemSpiderID = 65322210

| PubChem = 71308168

| SMILES = [Cs][Au]

| SMILES_Comment = covalent form

| SMILES1 = [Cs+].[Au-]

| SMILES1_Comment = ionic form

| StdInChI = 1S/Au.Cs

| StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|changed|chemspider}}

| StdInChIKey = COOMJVRPVOQALF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|changed|chemspider}}

}}

| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| Cs=1|Au=1

| Appearance = Yellow crystals

| MeltingPtC = 580

| MeltingPt_ref = {{cite journal|last1=Kienast|first1=Gerhard|last2=Verma|first2=Jitendra|last3=Klemm|first3=Wilhelm|title=Das Verhalten der Alkalimetalle zu Kupfer, Silber und Gold|journal=Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie|date=June 1961|volume=310|issue=3|pages=143–169|doi=10.1002/zaac.19613100304|language=German}}

| Solubility = reacts violently

}}

| Section3 = {{Chembox Structure

| CrystalStruct = CsCl

| SpaceGroup =

| PointGroup =

| LattConst_a = 4.24 Å

}}

| Section4 =

| Section5 =

| Section6 =

}}

Caesium auride is the inorganic compound with the formula CsAu. It is the Cs⁺ salt of the unusual Au⁻ anion.{{cite journal |first1= William J. |last1= Peer |first2= J. J. |last2= Lagowski |author-link2= J J Lagowski |year= 1978 |journal= J. Am. Chem. Soc. |volume= 100 |pages= 6260–6261 |title= Metal-Ammonia Solutions. 11. Au⁻, a Solvated Transition Metal Anion |doi= 10.1021/ja00487a064 }}

__TOC__