Aluminium chloride hexahydrateProduct ingredient for Aluminum chloride
- Name
- Aluminium chloride hexahydrate
- Drug Entry
- Aluminum chloride
Aluminum chloride is a chemical compound with the chemical formula AlCl3. When contaminated with iron chloride, it often displays a yellow color compared to the white pure compound. It is used in various chemical applications as a Lewis base, with anhydrous aluminium trichloride being the most commonly used Lewis acid. It may also be found in over-the-counter as an antiperspirant or prescription products as an antihemorrhagic agent. In antiperspirant products, FDA approves the use of aluminum chloride as an active ingredient up to 15%, calculated on the hexahydrate form, in an aqueous solution nonaerosol dosage form 4.
- Accession Number
- DBSALT001526
- Structure
Structure for Aluminium chloride hexahydrate (DBSALT001526)
- Synonyms
- Aluminium chloride
- UNII
- 3CYT62D3GA
- CAS Number
- 7784-13-6
- Weight
- Average: 241.432
Monoisotopic: 239.951484678 - Chemical Formula
- AlCl3H12O6
- InChI Key
- JGDITNMASUZKPW-UHFFFAOYSA-K
- InChI
- InChI=1S/Al.3ClH.6H2O/h;3*1H;6*1H2/q+3;;;;;;;;;/p-3
- IUPAC Name
- trichloroalumane hexahydrate
- SMILES
- O.O.O.O.O.O.Cl[Al](Cl)Cl
- External Links
- ChemSpider
- 22970
- ChEBI
- 30115
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL3833314
- Wikipedia
- Aluminium_chloride
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 3.63 mg/mL ALOGPS logP 2.23 ALOGPS logP 1.65 Chemaxon logS -1.6 ALOGPS Physiological Charge 0 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 0 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 0 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 0 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 0 Chemaxon Refractivity 18.41 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 9.49 Å3 Chemaxon Number of Rings 0 Chemaxon Bioavailability 1 Chemaxon Rule of Five Yes Chemaxon Ghose Filter No Chemaxon Veber's Rule Yes Chemaxon MDDR-like Rule No Chemaxon