Algarot 3676896 222431391 2008-06-29T09:03:35Z Johnny Sumner 1670691 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, {{Chembox new | Name = Algarot | ImageName = | IUPACName = Antimony hypochlorite | Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo = }} | Section2 = {{Chembox Properties | Formula = SbOCl | MolarMass = 173.21 g/mol | Density = | MeltingPt = | BoilingPt = }} }} '''Algarot''' is a white [[vomiting|emetic]] powder formerly used in [[alchemy]] that consists of a compound of trichloride and trioxide of [[antimony]]. It was used as an [[emetic]] because it purges violently both [[vomit|upwards]] and [[diarrhoea|downwards]]. ==Alternative names== Algarot is also known as mercurius vitæ ("mercury of life"), emetic powder, powder of algaroth, algarel, antimonious oxychloride, or antimony hypochlorite. ==Synthesis== Historically, algarot was prepared of butter of antimony ([[antimony trichloride]]), which was no more than the regulus (purified metal) of that mineral, dissolved in acids, and separated again by means of several lotions with lukewarm water, which absorbed those acids. By collecting all the lotions and evaporating two third parts, what remained was a very acid [[liquor]], called "Spirit of Philosophical Vitriol". At present, algarot is synthesised by exposing antimony trichloride to water, like so: :[[antimony trichloride|SbCl<sub>3</sub>]] + H<sub>2</sub>O → SbOCl + 2HCl ==References== * {{Citation | last = Chambers | first = Ephraim | title = Cyclopaedia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences | date = 1728 | url = http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia | access-date: 2007-11-20.}} ==External links== *José Rodríguez have published a complete study devoted to the commercial network of chemical medicines developed by Vittorio Algarotti (1553-1604): [http://www.revistaazogue.com/callforpapers0.htm ''The First Commercial Network of a Chymical Medicine'':] {{1728}} [[Category:Emetics]] [[Category:Alchemical substances]] [[Category:Hypochlorites]] [[Category:Antimony compounds]] {{treatment-stub}}