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Aluminium acetylacetonate

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Aluminium acetylacetonate
Names
IUPAC name
Tris(acetylacetonato)aluminium
Other names
Aluminium acetylacetonate, aluminium acetylacetonate
Identifiers
ECHA InfoCard 100.034.296 Edit this at Wikidata
UNII
Properties
Al(C5H7O2)3
Molar mass 324.31 g/mol
Appearance White solid[1]
Density 1.42 g/cm3
Melting point 190-193 °C
Boiling point 315 °C
Low
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Aluminium acetylacetonate, also referred to as Al(acac)3, is a coordination complex with formula Al(C5H7O2)3. This aluminium complex with three acetylacetone ligands is used in research on Al-containing materials. The molecule has D3 symmetry, being isomorphous with other octahedral tris(acetylacetonate)s.[2]

Uses

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Aluminium acetylacetonate can be used as the precursor to crystalline aluminium oxide films using low-pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition.[3] In horticulture it can also be used as a molluscicide.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Aluminium acetylacetonate
  2. ^ Dymock, K.; Palenik, Gus J. "Tris(acetylacetonato)gallium(III)" Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry (1974), volume 30, 1364-6. doi:10.1107/S0567740874004833. (this paper also discusses the Al compound)
  3. ^ "Carbonaceous alumina films deposited by MOCVD from aluminium acetylacetonate: a spectroscopic ellipsometry study"
  4. ^ I. F. Henderson, A. P. Martin (1990). "Control of slugs with contact-action molluscicides". Annals of Applied Biology. 116 (2): 273–278. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1990.tb06607.x.