Sunday, April 22, 2018

molecular orbital theory - Why does AlCl3 dimerise to Al2Cl6 at low temperatures?


I know that it has something to do with HOMOs and LUMOs (I can't what the HOMO/LUMO for AlCl3 is, though).




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periodic trends - Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions

Apparently the of last four, MgX2+ is closest in radius to LiX+. Is this true, and if so, why would a whole larger shell ($\ce{...