Thallium(III) nitrate, also known as thallic nitrate, is a

thallium Thallium is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Tl and atomic number 81. It is a gray post-transition metal that is not found free in nature. When isolated, thallium resembles tin, but discolors when exposed to air. Chemists W ...

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with chemical formula Tl (NO₃)₃. It is normally found as the trihydrate. It is a colorless and highly toxic salt. It is a strong

oxidizing agent An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "Electron acceptor, accepts"/"receives" an electron from a (called the , , or ). In ot ...

useful in

organic synthesis Organic synthesis is a special branch of chemical synthesis and is concerned with the intentional construction of organic compounds. Organic molecules are often more complex than inorganic compounds, and their synthesis has developed into one o ...

. Among its many transformations, it oxidizes methoxyl phenols to quinone acetals, alkenes to

acetal In organic chemistry, an acetal is a functional group with the connectivity . Here, the R groups can be organic fragments (a carbon atom, with arbitrary other atoms attached to that) or hydrogen, while the R' groups must be organic fragments no ...

s, and cyclic alkenes to ring-contracted

aldehydes In organic chemistry, an aldehyde () is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure . The functional group itself (without the "R" side chain) can be referred to as an aldehyde but can also be classified as a formyl group ...

.Mukund P. Sibi, Luiz F. Silva Jr., Vânia M. T. Carneiro "Thallium(III) Nitrate Trihydrate" Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2008 John Wiley & Sons.

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