Question

AlCl3 makes covalent bond ,but if it needs to form ionic bond then how it can form?

Answer 1

aluminium halide from a special type of structure Al2Cl6 . which is the dihalide structure which contain two banana bonds . this compound has single bond or covalent bond .

but in special cases , in case of back bonding they form a AlCl3. which is the ionic compound .

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