Structure via PubChem · Public domain (PubChem)
Chemical data
- Formula
- BeCl2
- Molecular weight
- 79.92 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- beryllium dichloride
- SMILES
- [Be+2].[Cl-].[Cl-]
- InChIKey
- LWBPNIJBHRISSS-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Beryllium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula BeCl2. It is a colourless, hygroscopic solid that dissolves well in many polar solvents. Its properties are similar to those of aluminium chloride, due to beryllium's diagonal relationship with aluminium.
Structure and synthesis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “beryllium chloride” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.