Description
Aluminum chloride ReagentPlus, 99%, 500G
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CAS Number 7446-70-0
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Linear Formula AlCl3
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Molecular Weight 133.34
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EC Number 231-208-1
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MDL number MFCD00003422
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eCl@ss 38120507
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PubChem Substance ID 329752441
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NACRES NA.21
Properties
Related Categories | Acids, Acids & Bases, Aluminum, Aluminum Catalysts, Aluminum Salts,
Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis, Essential Chemicals, Lewis Acids, Materials Science, Metal and Ceramic Science, Research Essentials, Salts, Synthetic Reagents
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Quality Level | 200 |
vapor pressure | 1 mmHg ( 100 °C) |
product line | ReagentPlus® |
assay | 99% |
form | powder |
pH | 2.4 (20 °C, 100 g/L) |
mp | 190 °C (lit.) |
SMILES string | Cl[Al](Cl)Cl |
InChI | 1S/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3 |
InChI key | VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA-K |
General description
Aluminum chloride is an alcohol-soluble lewis acid.† Aluminum chloride mixed with sodium borohydride, in diglyme in a molar ratio affords a mixture having strong reducing properties.† It was reported to promote the Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction between 4-tert-butylbenzoyl chloride and mesitylene.†
Application
Aluminum chloride was used for the following studies:
• Polymerization of benzene to afford p-polyphenyl.[2]
• As a catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts acylation of buckymetallocenes with the acid chlorides.[3]
• As a catalyst for the colorimetric microassay for the determination of lipid hydroperoxides.[4]
Packaging
5, 100, 500 g in glass bottle
Features and Benefits
The vapor-phase co-reductions with other metal halides by hydrogen results in finely divided intermetallics with applications as structural materials or compounds with useful thermoelectric, magnetic, and oxidation-resistance properties. Aluminum nitride can be synthesized from the elemnts with AlCl3 added to help facilitate crystallization.
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