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CHEBI:30114 - aluminium trichloride

Default Structure
ChEBI IDCHEBI:30114
ChEBI Namealuminium trichloride
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Last Modified20 January 2011
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
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FormulaAlCl3
Net Charge0
Average Mass133.341
Monoisotopic Mass131.88810
SMILES[Cl][Al]([Cl])[Cl]
InChIInChI=1S/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3
InChIKeyVSCWAEJMTAWNJL-UHFFFAOYSA-K
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Lewis acid  A molecular entity that is an electron-pair acceptor and therefore able to form a covalent bond with an electron-pair donor (Lewis base), thereby producing a Lewis adduct.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
aluminium trichloride (CHEBI:30114) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
aluminium trichloride (CHEBI:30114) is a aluminium coordination entity (CHEBI:36668)
Incoming Relation(s)
aluminium trichloride hexahydrate (CHEBI:30115) has part aluminium trichloride (CHEBI:30114)
IUPAC Names 
aluminium(3+) chloride
aluminium(III) chloride
aluminium trichloride
trichloridoaluminium
trichloroalumane
Synonyms  Source
[AlCl3]IUPAC
AlCl3IUPAC
Aluminum chloride anhydrousChemIDplus
Aluminum trichlorideNIST Chemistry WebBook
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:1876Gmelin
CAS:7446-70-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:7446-70-0ChemIDplus