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At high temperatures in the gas phase, aluminium chloride exists as discrete trigonal planar AlCl3 species, but on cooling these dimerise to Al2Cl6.

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AlCl3
         
Al2Cl6
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Complexation or Coupling
Type 15 Lewis Acid/Base Complexation Chemistry

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