Nomenclature
CAS number: 10294-34-5
BCl
3; mol wt 117.17.
B 9.23%, Cl 90.77%.
Description and references
Prepn: Gamble, Inorg.
Synth. 3, 27 (1950). Reviews:
Gerrard, Lappert, Chem. Rev. 58, 1081-1111 (1958); Massey, Adv.
Inorg. Chem. Radiochem. 10, 1-152 (1967).
Properties
Colorless, fuming liquid at low temp; dec by water
or alcohol. Poisonous, corrosive. bp 12.5°. mp 107°. d412 1.35. d0 1.3728. See Ward, J. Chem. Eng. Data 14, 167 (1969).Use
Manuf and purification of boron; as catalyst for
organic reactions; in semiconductors; in bonding of iron, steels;
in purification of metal alloys to remove oxides, nitrides and carbides.