DIISOBUTYLALUMINUM CHLORIDE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

-40°C

Boiling point:

152°C 10mm

Density 

0.905 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.4506(lit.)

Flash point:

-18°C

storage temp. 

Flammables area

solubility 

soluble in ethyl ether, hx

form 

Liquid

color 

Colorless

Specific Gravity

0.74

Water Solubility 

Soluble in aromatic, saturated aliphatic and cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon. Reacts with water.

Sensitive 

Air & Moisture Sensitive

Hydrolytic Sensitivity

8: reacts rapidly with moisture, water, protic solvents

Exposure limits

ACGIH: TWA 50 ppm (Skin)
OSHA: TWA 500 ppm(1800 mg/m3)
NIOSH: IDLH 1100 ppm; TWA 50 ppm(180 mg/m3)

InChIKey

HQMRIBYCTLBDAK-UHFFFAOYSA-M

CAS DataBase Reference

1779-25-5

EPA Substance Registry System

Aluminum, chlorobis(2-methylpropyl)- (1779-25-5)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

N-C-F,T+,F

Risk Statements 

67-65-50/53-35-14/15-11-34-26-17

Safety Statements 

6A-57-45-43E-36/37/39-29-26-16

RIDADR 

3052

WGK Germany 

1

RTECS 

BD0560000

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

4.3

PackingGroup 

I

HS Code 

29310099

Hazardous Substances Data

1779-25-5(Hazardous Substances Data)

Toxicity

mouse,LCLo,inhalation,680gm/kg/15M (680000mg/kg),LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMALIVER: OTHER CHANGESLUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: DYSPNEA,Medicina del Lavoro. Industrial Medicine. Vol. 58, Pg. 290, 1967.

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DIISOBUTYLALUMINUM CHLORIDE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

liquid; pyrophoric; sensitive to air; uses: transmetallating reagent [ALD94]

Uses

Diisobutylaluminum chloride is used as cocatlyst component in Ziegler-Natta type catalyst systems of olefins and alkylation reactions.

Uses

Transmetalating reagent

Safety Profile

Mildly toxic by inhalation. See also ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS and CHLORIDES. Ignites spontaneously in air. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Cl-.

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