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Sigma-Aldrich

Aluminum chloride

99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Aluminum trichloride

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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:
24857731
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 100 °C)

Assay

99.99% trace metals basis

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: aluminum

impurities

≤150.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

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 may be manufactured by chlorination of liquid aluminum in ceramic lined reaction vessels at 600-700oC.

Application

High strength steel has been coated electrochemically by Al in an acidic ionic liquid composed of 1-ethyl -3- methylimidazolium chloride and AlCl3. AlCl3 may be used to form Al-Cd alloy. Anhydrous alumunium chloride is a catalyst in organic chemistry especially for Friedel-Crafts reactions. It may also be used as a nucleation agent in the production of TiO2 pigment by the chloride process.

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.

Pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014,EUH071

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Al-Cd Alloy Formation by Aluminum Underpotential Deposition from AlCl3+NaCl Melts on Cadmium Substrate
Niko Jovicevic, et al.
Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 44(1), 106-114 (2013)
Challenges in the electrochemical coating of high-strength steel screws by aluminum in an acidic ionic liquid composed of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and AlCl3
Sherif Zein El Abedin and Endres F
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 17(4), 1127-1132 (2013)
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R A Benson et al.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347, f6800-f6800 (2013-11-28)
Bagineni Prasad et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(84), 10434-10436 (2012-09-20)
A conceptually new and straightforward introduction of sulfonyl groups at the C-7 position of an indole ring has been achieved via AlCl(3) mediated unexpected regioselective sulfonyl group migration for N-alkyl/aryl/heteroarylsulfonyl indoles affording potential inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv chorismate mutase.
Mengyun Zhu et al.
Organic letters, 16(7), 1856-1859 (2014-03-19)
An unprecedented AlCl3-promoted formal [2 + 3]-cycloaddition of 1,1-cyclopropanes with readily available N-benzylic sulfonamides has been developed. Experimental evidence supports an unusual mechanism wherein the donor-acceptor cyclopropane serves as a source of 2-styrylmalonate rather than the "classical" 1,3-dipole. A broad
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