Aluminum Chloride Properties

Description

Aluminium chloride is the main compound of aluminium and chlorine. It is mainly produced and consumed in the production of aluminium metal, but large amounts are also used in other areas of chemical industry. Aluminium chloride is often cited as a Lewis acid. It is an example of an inorganic compound that "cracks" at mild temperature, reversibly changing from a polymer to a molecule. It finds widespread application in the chemical industry as a catalyst for Friedel–Crafts reactions, both acylations and alkylations. Important products are detergents and ethylbenzene. It also finds use in polymerization and isomerization reactions of hydrocarbons and it can often used as a component of antiperspirant in low doses.