File:Iron(III)_chloride_anhydrate.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
ferric chloride
Sign in to saveAlso known as iron(III) chloride, iron trichloride, flores martis
chemical compound
OverviewAI-generated
Ferric chloride, also referred to as iron(3+) trichloride, is a chemical compound with the formula FeCl₃. It has a mass of 160.841 and a density of 2.8. The substance melts at 306 and boils at 315. Its canonical SMILES notation is Cl[Fe](Cl)Cl.
According to PubChem data, the compound has a weight of 162.20 and a topological polar surface area of 0. It contains zero hydrogen bond donors and three hydrogen bond acceptors, with a charge of 0. The NIOSH Pocket Guide ID for this substance is 0346.
A PubMed search for ferric chloride yields a count of 3538 entries. The subject is referenced by 493 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, PubChem, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Chemical data
- Formula
- Cl3Fe
- Molecular weight
- 162.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- iron(3+) trichloride
- SMILES
- [Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Fe+3]
- InChIKey
- RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
via PubChem
Research
3,538 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chloride
- Mass
- 160.841
- Image
- Chlorid železitý.PNG
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Iron(III) chloride
- canonical SMILES
- Cl[Fe](Cl)Cl
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0346
- chemical formula
- FeCl₃
- density
- 2.8
- melting point
- 306
- boiling point
- 315
via Wikidata · CC0
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Names
IUPAC names Iron(III) chloride Iron trichloride
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ferric chloride” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.