Boron Trichloride
An inorganic compound, BCl3, 117.171 g/mol. Boiling point 12.5 °C, melting point -107.3 °C, as published.
Identifiers
- Molecular formula
- BCl₃
- Molecular weight
- 117.171 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 115.915863 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- trichloroborane
- ClB(Cl)Cl
- InChI=1S/BCl3/c2-1(3)4
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Measured properties
- Boiling Point
- 54.5 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)
- 12.5 °C
- Melting Point
- -161 °F (EPA, 1998)
- -107.3 °C
- Density
- 1.35 at 53.6 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sink
- 4.789 g/L
- Solubility
- Solubility in water: reaction
- Vapor Pressure
- 760 mmHg at 54.86 °F (EPA, 1998)
- Vapor pressure: 100 Pa (0.75 mm Hg) at -94.0 °C; 1 kPa (7.5 mm Hg) at -70.5 °C; 10 kPa (75 mm Hg) at -37.4 °C; 100 k Pa (750 mm Hg) at 12.3 °C
- Viscosity
- 1.032 cP at 50 °F
- Refractive Index
- INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.4195 AT 5.7 °C ALPHA LINE H2
Calculated properties
- Molecular weight
- 117.2 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 115.915863 Da
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- Complexity
- 8
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- logP
- 1.6877
- Topological polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
- Molar refractivity
- 23.313 cm³/mol
- Fraction sp³ carbons
- 0
- QED drug-likeness
- 0.4234
What it is made of
Elements
Structure
- Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
- 4
- Total atoms, hydrogen included
- 4
- Rings
- 0
- Aromatic rings
- 0
- Stereocentres
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
The molecule in three dimensions
The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.
Reactions it appears in
Other names for it
The systematic name on this record is trichloroborane.
The sources also call it Trichloroborane, Borane, trichloro-, Trichloroboron, Boron chloride (BCl3), Chlorure de bore, K748471RAG, DTXSID2041676, RefChem:5612, DTXCID0021676, Boron chloride, Borontrichloride.
Structurally related
Seen alongside it in reaction records
Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Boron Trichloride. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.
1,2-Dichloroethane
used as a reactant
C₂H₄Cl₂, 98.96 g/mol.
1,1-Dichloroethane
used as a reactant
C₂H₄Cl₂, 98.96 g/mol.
(4-Fluorophenyl)[2-hydroxy-5-(2,6-dimethyl-4-nitrophenoxy)phenyl]methanone
formed as a product
C₂₁H₁₆FNO₅, 381.359 g/mol.
(5-Chloro-2-neopentylamino-phenyl)-naphthalen-1-yl-methanol
formed as a product
C₂₂H₂₄ClNO, 353.893 g/mol.
(4-Chloromethyl-thiophen-2-yl)-acetic acid methyl ester
formed as a product
C₈H₉ClO₂S, 204.678 g/mol.
(4-Chloro-phenyl)-(neopentyl)-amine
used as a reactant
C₁₁H₁₆ClN, 197.709 g/mol.
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What this page does not claim
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