Trichloride may refer to:
* The trichloride ion, a
polyhalogen ion
Polyhalogen ions are a group of polyatomic cations and anions containing halogens only. The ions can be classified into two classes, isopolyhalogen ions which contain one type of halogen only, and heteropolyhalogen ions with more than one type of h ...
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Antimony trichloride, SbCl
3 also known as butter of antimony
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Arsenic trichloride, AsCl
3, also known as arsenous chloride or butter of arsenic
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Boron trichloride
Boron trichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula BCl3. This colorless gas is a reagent in organic synthesis. It is highly reactive toward water.
Production and structure
Boron reacts with halogens to give the corresponding trihalides ...
, BCl
3, a colorless gas and valuable reagent in organic synthesis
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Butyltin trichloride
Monobutyltin trichloride, also known as MBTC, is an organotin compound. It is a colorless oil that is soluble in organic solvents. Relative to other organotin compounds, MBTC is obscure and not widely used.
Applications
Glass coating
Monobutylt ...
, an organotin compound
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Gallium trichloride
Gallium trichloride is the chemical compound with the formula GaCl3. Solid gallium trichloride exists as a dimer with the formula Ga2Cl6. It is colourless and soluble in virtually all solvents, even alkanes, which is truly unusual for a metal h ...
, GaCl
3
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Iodine trichloride, ICl
3
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Nitrogen trichloride, NCl
3, a yellow, oily, pungent-smelling liquid is most commonly encountered as a byproduct of reactions between ammonia-derivatives and chlorine
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Phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus trichloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PCl3. A colorless liquid when pure, it is an important industrial chemical, being used for the manufacture of phosphites and other organophosphorus compounds. It is toxic a ...
, PCl
3, a yellow solid
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Rhenium trichloride
Trirhenium nonachloride is a compound with the formula ReCl3, sometimes also written Re3Cl9. It is a dark red hygroscopic solid that is insoluble in ordinary solvents. The compound is important in the history of inorganic chemistry as an early e ...
, ReCl
3
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