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157740

Iron(III) chloride

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reagent grade, 97%

Synonym(s):

Ferric chloride, Iron trichloride, Molysite

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Linear Formula:
FeCl3
CAS Number:
7705-08-0
Molecular Weight:
162.20
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329750852
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
231-729-4
MDL number:
MFCD00011005
Assay:
97%
Grade:
reagent grade
Form:
powder
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grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

200

vapor density

5.61 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 194 °C)

assay

97%

form

powder

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304 °C (lit.)

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SMILES string

Cl[Fe](Cl)Cl

InChI

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

InChI key

RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K

General description

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Iron(III) chloride is a mild oxidizing agent and participates in various carbon-carbon-bond forming reactions. On crystallization with water, it forms hydrates. It can be prepared by reacting chlorine with the scrap iron at approximately 650°C.

Application

The vapor-phase co-reductions with other metal halides by hydrogen results in finely divided intermetallics with applications as structural materials or compounds with useful thermoelectric, magnetic, and oxidation-resitance properties.
Iron(III) chloride (Ferric Chloride, FeCl3) has been used as a surface modulator for the characterization of wines by fingerprinting technology. It has been used for the quantitative estimation of sulfide in various biological samples.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2

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Not applicable

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Not applicable

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

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157740-1KG:4.548173929026E12 + 157740-100G:4.548173929019E12 + 157740-2.5KG:4.548173354897E12 + 157740-5G:4.548173929033E12 + 157740-20KG:4.548173354903E12

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0000532176
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0000532176
SDBB8109
SDBB6909

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"Iron (III) chloride-based mild synthesis of phenanthrene and its application to total synthesis of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids"
Wang L-K, et al.
Tetrahedron, 64(32), 7504-7510 (2008)
Novel non-specific liquid fingerprint technology for wine analysis: a feasibility study.
Siivonen JJ, et al.
Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 20(2), 172-177 (2014)
Yuanyuan Kong et al.
Cell death & disease, 10(9), 624-624 (2019-08-20)
Recent findings demonstrate that aberrant downregulation of the iron-exporter protein, ferroportin (FPN1), is associated with poor prognosis and osteoclast differentiation in multiple myeloma (MM). Here, we show that FPN1 was downregulated in MM and that clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic
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