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Gallium nitrate
Names

IUPAC name Gallium trinitrate
Other names Gallium(III) nitrate Nitric acid, gallium salt
Identifiers
CAS Number	69365-72-6
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ECHA InfoCard	100.033.453
PubChem CID	61635
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID0043923
SMILES (=O)().(=O)().(=O)().
Properties
Chemical formula	Ga(NO₃)₃
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references

Chemical compound

Gallium nitrate (brand name Ganite) is the gallium salt of nitric acid with the chemical formula Ga(NO₃)₃. It is a drug used to treat symptomatic hypercalcemia secondary to cancer. It works by preventing the breakdown of bone through the inhibition of osteoclast activity, thus lowering the amount of free calcium in the blood. Gallium nitrate is also used to synthesize other gallium compounds.

Preparation

Gallium nitrate is commercially available as the hydrate. The nonahydrate may also be prepared by dissolving gallium in nitric acid, followed by recrystallization.

References

Gallium Nitrate monograph. Lexi-Comp Online, Lexi-Drugs Online, Lexi-Comp Inc. Hudson, OH. Available at: . Accessed September 13th, 2008.
Ganite at drugs.com
Birnara, Christiana; Kessler, Vadim G.; Papaefstathiou, Giannis S. (2009). "Mononuclear gallium(III) complexes based on salicylaldoximes: Synthesis, structure and spectroscopic characterization". Polyhedron. 28: 3291. doi:10.1016/j.poly.2009.04.039.