Structure via PubChem · Public domain (PubChem)
Chemical data
- Formula
- BCl3
- Molecular weight
- 117.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- trichloroborane
- SMILES
- B(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- FAQYAMRNWDIXMY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Boron trichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula BCl3. This colorless gas is a reagent in organic synthesis. It is highly reactive towards water.
Production and structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “boron trichloride” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.