Aluminum chloride
SIGALD/237051 - ReagentPlus®, 99%
CAS Number: 7446-70-0
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): AlCl3
Molecular Weight: 133.34
EC Number: 231-208-1
MDL Number: MFCD00003422
Linear Formula: AlCl3
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99% |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/ |
| InChI key | VSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 190 °C (lit.) |
| pH | 2.4 (20 °C, 100 g/L) |
| product line | ReagentPlus® |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | reagent type: catalyst core: aluminum |
| SMILES string | Cl[Al](Cl)Cl |
| vapor pressure | 1 mmHg ( 100 °C) |
| 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. |
| 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.† |
| Legal Information: | ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Packaging: | 5, 100, 500 g in glass bottle |
| Symbol | GHS05 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H314 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P363 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 34-48/20-48/25 |
| Safety Statements | 7/8-28-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 1726 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Supplemental Hazard Statements | EUH014 |
| Purity | 99% |
| mp | 190 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |


