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AlCl3
Aluminium chloride
AlCl3
Al
1
Cl
3
  
 
Real, long lived, electronically neutral reagent chemical.

Gram formula weight (molecular mass) = 133.34
Melting point = 177 °C sublimes
Density = 2.4 g/cm3
Purity = 99 %
Solubility in organics = slightly soluble


Moisture sensitive: fumes of HCl on exposure to air. AlCl3 is nothing like AlCl3 hexahydrate.At high temperatures in the gas phase, aluminium chloride exists as discrete trigonal planar AlCl3 species, but on cooling these dimerise to Al2Cl6. Aluminium chloride is a halophilic Lewis acid with a strong affinity for chloride ion.
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Aluminium chloride
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Aluminium chloride
Catalyst (AS/A2 generic)


Hard Lewis acid (generic)


Lewis acid (AS/A2 generic)


Lobe-LUMO Lewis acid (generic)


Molecular material (generic)


Mono-bond type material (generic)


Nucleophilic attack susceptible species (generic)


Period 3 Chlorides (AS/A2 generic)


VSEPR geometry = AX3 (generic)


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