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Aluminum chloride

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Linear Formula:
AlCl3
CAS Number:
7446-70-0
Molecular Weight:
133.34
EC Number:
231-208-1
MDL number:
MFCD00003422
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
eCl@ss:
38120507
PubChem Substance ID:
329752441
NACRES:
NA.21
grade:
reagent
form:
powder

grade

reagent

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 100 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: aluminum

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

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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.
  • As a catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts acylation of buckymetallocenes with the acid chlorides.
  • As a catalyst for the colorimetric microassay for the determination of lipid hydroperoxides.

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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ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014,EUH071

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

PDSCL

Deleterious substance

ISHL Indicated Name

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ISHL Notified Names

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JAN Code

237051-BULK:
237051-100G:4548173932873
237051-VAR:
237051-500G:4548173932880
237051-5G:4548173932897

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STBK2327
STBK1440
STBJ9905

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Detection of Alternative Oxidase Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Protoplasts Treated with Aluminium.
Liu J, et al.
Bio-protocol, 5(13) (2015)
p-Polyphenyl from Benzene-Lewis Acid Catalyst-Oxidant. Reaction Scope and Investigation of the Benzene-Aluminum Chloride-Cupric Chloride System1.
Kovacic P and Oziomek J.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 29(1), 100-104 (1964)
Shutao Wang et al.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 5(4), 1700712-1700712 (2018-05-04)
In the search for low-cost and large-scale stationary storage of electricity, nonaqueous aluminum chloride-graphite batteries (AlCl3-GBs) have received much attention due to the high natural abundances of their primary constituents, facile manufacturing, and high energy densities. Much research has focused
Yutaka Matsuo et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 43(20), 7407-7412 (2013-10-26)
Acylated buckyferrocene and ruthenocene, Fe(η(5)-C60Me5)(η(5)-C5H4COR) (R = Me, Ph, and CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CHPh) and Ru(η(5)-C60Me5)(η(5)-C5H4COR) (R = Me and Ph), were obtained by Friedel-Crafts acylation of the parent buckymetallocenes with the corresponding acid chlorides and aluminum chloride in
Rajkumar Kore et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 47(23), 7795-7803 (2018-06-01)
Two solids of differing Lewis acidities, triethylammonium tetrachlorozincate ([HN222]2[ZnCl4]) and AlCl3, have been combined across 0.1 to 0.9 mole fractions (with respect to [HN222]2[ZnCl4]), and homogeneous solid double salts or mixed metal [HN222]2x[(1 - x)AlCl3 + xZnCl4] double salt ionic
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