Solved: Aluminum trichloride (AlCl3) is an electron-

Chapter 10, Problem 10.107

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Aluminum trichloride (AlCl3) is an electron- deficient molecule. It has a tendency to form a dimer (a molecule made of two AlCl3 units): AlCl3 1 AlCl3 S Al2Cl6 (a) Draw a Lewis structure for the dimer. (b) Describe the hybridization state of Al in AlCl3 and Al2Cl6. (c) Sketch the geometry of the dimer. (d) Do these molecules possess a dipole moment?

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