Zinc chloride
ALDRICH/229997 - 99.999% trace metals basis
Synonym: Dichlorozinc
CAS Number: 7646-85-7
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Cl2Zn
Molecular Weight: 136.30
EC Number: 231-592-0
MDL Number: MFCD00011295
Linear Formula: ZnCl2
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.999% trace metals basis |
| bp | 732 °C (lit.) |
| form | crystals and lumps |
| impurities | ≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/2ClH.Zn/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p |
| InChI key | JIAARYAFYJHUJI-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 293 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: zinc |
| reagent type: catalyst | |
| SMILES string | [Cl-].[Cl-].[Zn++] |
| solubility | acetone: slightly soluble(lit.) |
| ethanol: slightly soluble(lit.) | |
| H2O: very soluble(lit.) | |
| vapor pressure | 1 mmHg ( 428 °C) |
| 1 Pa ( 305 °C)(lit.) |
| Application: | Zinc chloride is used as a catalyst: • in Knoevenagel condensation of carbonyl substrates with acidic methylene reagents • in solvent-free synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones. It may be used as chemical activating agents, zinc chloride in particular is the most widely used chemical in the preparation of activated carbon. |
| General description: | Zinc chloride is a strongly hygroscopic deliquescentsolid widely used as a Lewis acid catalyst in a variety of organictransformations. |
| Packaging: | 1 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 10, 50 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() ![]() GHS05,GHS07,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 - H314 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P273 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C,N |
| Risk Statements | 22-34-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 2331 8 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.999% trace metals basis |
| bp | 732 °C (lit.) |
| mp | 293 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |




