Zinc chloride
SIGALD/793523 - anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri™, reagent grade, ≥98%
Synonym: Dichlorozinc
CAS Number: 7646-85-7
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Cl2Zn
Molecular Weight: 136.30
EC Number: 231-592-0
MDL Number: MFCD00011295
Linear Formula: ZnCl2
Product Type: Chemical
Redi-Dri free-flowing salts
Free-flowing salts
Loss on Drying Graph
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| assay | ≥98% |
| form | powder or crystals |
| grade | anhydrous |
| reagent grade | |
| InChI | 1S/2ClH.Zn/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p |
| InChI key | JIAARYAFYJHUJI-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 293 °C (lit.) |
| pH | 5 (20 °C, 100 g/L) |
| product line | Redi-Dri™ |
| quality | free-flowing |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| SMILES string | [Cl-].[Cl-].[Zn++] |
| vapor pressure | 1 mmHg ( 428 °C) |
| Application: | Zinc chloride can be used as a catalyst in the:• Chemoselective dimethyl acetalization of aldehydes and ketones with trimethyl orthoformate to synthesize dimethyl acetals. • Synthesis of 9-substituted acridines via Bernthsen reaction. It can also be used as an additive in the preparation of ultrafiltration membranes. |
| General description: | Zinc chloride is a Lewis acid that can be used to promote cycloaddition, substitution, and addition reactions, including electrophilic aromatic additions and selective reductions. It is also used in the preparation of organozinc reagents via transmetalation. |
| Legal Information: | Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC |
| Packaging: | 1 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 100, 500 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol |    GHS05,GHS07,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 - H314 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P260 - P273 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | C,N |
| Risk Statements | 22-34-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 2331 8 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥98% |
| mp | 293 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |