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Indium(III) chloride

98%

Synonym(s):

Indium trichloride

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Linear Formula:
InCl3
CAS Number:
10025-82-8
Molecular Weight:
221.18
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24860216
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
233-043-0
MDL number:
MFCD00011058
Assay:
98%
Form:
powder or flakes (or chunks)

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Product Name

Indium(III) chloride, 98%

InChI key

PSCMQHVBLHHWTO-UHFFFAOYSA-K

InChI

1S/3ClH.In/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

SMILES string

Cl[In](Cl)Cl

assay

98%

form

powder or flakes (or chunks)

reaction suitability

core: indium
reagent type: catalyst

density

3.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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Application

InCl3 can be used for a variety of application such as:
  • fabrication of a photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells
  • a catalyst in Michael addition of silylenol and indoles

Useful catalyst for aqueous organic reactions including C-C bond formation, aldol reactions, and reductions. An efficient, yet mild, Lewis acid for organic synthesis.

General description

Indium(III) chloride (InCl3) is an indium halide that is a Lewis acid in a variety of organic reactions.

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Health hazardCorrosion
GHS08,GHS05

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C - STOT RE 1 Inhalation

target_organs

Lungs

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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MKCW3334
MKCR1374

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Fabrication and characterization of ZnO: In thin film as photoanode for DSSC using natural fruit dyes
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1660(1), 070049-070049 (2015)
Babu, S.A.
Synlett, 531-531 (2002)
Indium (III) chloride-catalyzed Michael addition of thiols to chalcones: a remarkable solvent effect
Ranu BC, et al.
ARKIVOC (Gainesville, FL, United States), 3, 44-50 (2005)
Satoko Fujimoto et al.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 66(6), 1389-1392 (2002-08-07)
(R)-(-)-Muscone (3-methylcyclopentadecanone, 1) the key perfumery component isolated from the male musk deer, Moschus moschiferus,* was synthesized from the easily available chiral building block, (R)-3-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-methylpropanoic acid (2), by employing ring-closing olefin metathesis (RCM). Antipode (+)-1 was also synthesized in a
Naveen Mulakayala et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 22(15), 5063-5066 (2012-07-04)
A convenient and practical methodology for the synthesis of 2-aryl quinazolin-4(3H)-ones by the condensation of o-aminobenzamides with aromatic aldehydes under mild conditions using catalytic InCl(3) with good yields and high selectivities. This method has been extended for the synthesis of
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