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Aluminium Chloride

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Aluminium (III) chloride forms a dimer through

A

Chlorine bridging

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B

hydrogen bond

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C

Aluminium bridging

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D

(a) and (c) above.

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Solution

The correct option is A Chlorine bridging
$A l C l_{3}$ can form dimer through halogen bridging and exists as $A l_{2} C l_{6}$ because it has vacant d-orbitals which can accommodate electron from chlorine atom.

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