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Preparation of Palladium Acetate from Palladium Chloride

Dope Amine - 18-2-2012 at 19:48

Any bright ideas on the preparation of palladium acetate from palladium chloride. I'm wondering if stirring a methanolic solution of PdCl2 with sodium acetate would work?

Any help greatly appreciated!

jon - 18-2-2012 at 21:22

no i don't think so you would need to make palladium black with formalin and naoh.
then treat it with glacial acetic acid and nitric acid.
note: when you evaporate the acid it can catch fire and sinter i would advise using a vacum.