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Indium(III) chloride

99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Indium trichloride

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Linear Formula:
InCl3
CAS Number:
10025-82-8
Molecular Weight:
221.18
EC Number:
233-043-0
MDL number:
MFCD00011058
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24852172
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

powder or flakes (or chunks)

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: indium

impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

density

3.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[In](Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/3ClH.In/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

InChI key

PSCMQHVBLHHWTO-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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General description

Indium(III) chloride is a Lewis acid catalystused in a variety of organic reactions. It also finds application in the fields of catalysis, solar cells, and optoelectronics.

Application

Indium(III) chloride can be used:
  • As a catalyst for the preparation of 1,3-dithiolanes from aldehydes and ketones.
  • For acylation of phenols, thiols, alcohols, and amines.
  • As a precursor to fabricate Indium tin oxide(ITO) thin films for dye-sensitized solar cells.
  • To prepare solution-processed oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors (OS TFTs) that can be used in display devices.

Pictograms

Health hazardCorrosion
GHS08,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314,H372,H412

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C - STOT RE 1 Inhalation

Target Organs

Lungs

Storage Class Code

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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MKCQ8460
MKCN1567
MKCM9692
MKCL9420
MKCL5270

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Mecheril Valsan Nandakumar et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (26), 2756-2758 (2007-06-28)
The indium-bipyridine-catalyzed, enantioselective ring-opening of meso-epoxides with aliphatic and aromatic thiols furnished 1,2-mercapto alcohols in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities; the crystal structure of the chiral catalyst reveals a pentagonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry around the indium center.
Synthesis, 1712-1712 (2007)
Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 6743-6743 (2007)
Theresa A Proia et al.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 26(23), 6335-6349 (2020-09-19)
Danvatirsen is a therapeutic antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) that selectively targets STAT3 and has shown clinical activity in two phase I clinical studies. We interrogated the clinical mechanism of action using danvatirsen-treated patient samples and conducted back-translational studies to further elucidate
Naveen Mulakayala et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 22(15), 5063-5066 (2012-07-04)
A convenient and practical methodology for the synthesis of 2-aryl quinazolin-4(3H)-ones by the condensation of o-aminobenzamides with aromatic aldehydes under mild conditions using catalytic InCl(3) with good yields and high selectivities. This method has been extended for the synthesis of
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