Cerium(III) chloride

Hexagonal

Ce, Cl

• Cerium chloride
• Cerium trichloride

• 7790-86-5
• 18618-55-8 ( heptahydrate )
• 19423-76-8 (monohydrate)

White, hygroscopic, odorless solid

Fixed

3.92 g · cm -3 ( 20 ° C)

848 ° C

1727 ° C

Soluble in water

Attention

2111 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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Cerium ( III) chloride is a chemical compound of cerium, and chlorine.

Properties

It takes in moist air quickly absorb water and forms various hydrates such as cerium (III ) chloride heptahydrate ( CeCl3 · 7 H2O).

Use

Cerium ( III) chloride can be used as starting material for the synthesis of other cerium compounds. It may also serve as the Lewis acid, for example, as catalyst for Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation of ketones. Furthermore we offer the use in the Luche reduction and as a component of detector crystals.