Triethyldialuminum trichloride

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Structural formula
Structural formula of triethyldialuminum trichloride
General
Surname Triethyldialuminum trichloride
other names
  • Ethyl aluminum sesquichloride
  • Aluminum ethyl sesquichloride
  • Trichlorotriethyldialuminum
  • EASC
Molecular formula C 6 H 15 Al 2 Cl 3
Brief description

yellow liquid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 12075-68-2
EC number 235-137-7
ECHA InfoCard 100,031,931
PubChem 25508
Wikidata Q2802451
properties
Molar mass 247.51 g mol −1
Physical state

liquid

density

1.09 g cm −3

Melting point

-20 ° C

boiling point

204 ° C

Vapor pressure

0.37 hPa (20 ° C)

solubility

violent decomposition in water

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
02 - Highly / extremely flammable 05 - Corrosive

danger

H and P phrases H: 250-260-314
EUH: 014
P: ?
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Triethyldialuminum trichloride is a chemical compound from the group of organoaluminum compounds .

Extraction and presentation

Triethyldialuminum trichloride can be obtained by reacting aluminum with chloroethane .

properties

Triethyldialuminum trichloride is a yellow liquid that decomposes violently in water. It also decomposes at a temperature above 150 ° C.

use

Triethyldialuminum trichloride can be used as a catalyst for organic syntheses such as Friedel-Crafts alkylations of alkenes and copolymerizations

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i Entry on triethyldialuminium trichloride in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on February 16, 2019(JavaScript required) .
  2. Lewis, RJ, Sr. (Ed.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 13th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1997, p. 460.
  3. Eberhard Breitmaier, Günther Jung: Organic Chemistry, 7th complete revision. u. exp. Edition 2012 Basics, classes of compounds, reactions, concepts, molecular structure, natural substances, synthesis planning, sustainability . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-13-159987-2 , p. 69 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. 3.0.CO; 2-0 "> Ursula Biermann, Jürgen O. Metzger: Friedel-Crafts alkylation of alkenes: ethylaluminum sesquichloride-induced alkylations with alkyl chloroformates. In: Angewandte Chemie. 111, 1999, p. 3874, doi : 10.1002 / (SICI) 1521-3757 (19991216) 111: 24 <3874 :: AID-ANGE3874> 3.0.CO; 2-0 .
  5. D. Braun, W. Menzel: Alternating copolymerization of styrene and benzyl methacrylate in the presence of ethyl aluminum sesquichloride. In: Colloid and Polymer Science. 260, 1982, p. 995, doi: 10.1007 / BF01451645 .