Indium(III) chloride
ALDRICH/203440 - 99.999% trace metals basis
Synonym: Indium trichloride
CAS Number: 10025-82-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Cl3In
Molecular Weight: 221.18
EC Number: 233-043-0
MDL Number: MFCD00011058
Linear Formula: InCl3
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.999% trace metals basis |
| density | 3.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | powder or flakes (or chunks) |
| impurities | ≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/3ClH.In/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/ |
| InChI key | PSCMQHVBLHHWTO-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: indium |
| reagent type: catalyst | |
| SMILES string | Cl[In](Cl)Cl |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Packaging: | 1 g in glass bottle |
| Packaging: | 10, 50 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS05,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H314 - H372 - H412 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P273 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P314 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 22-34 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 3260 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.999% trace metals basis |
| Density | 3.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |



