Question

AlBr3 can be used as a catalyst in the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. The correct name for the compound represented by the formula AlBr3 is

Answer 1

The question is incomplete, the complete question is;

AlBr3 can be used as a catalyst in the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. The correct name for the compound represented by the formula AlBr3 is —

aluminum bromide

monoaluminum tribromide

aluminide bromine

aluminum tribromide

Answer:

aluminum bromide

Explanation:

Having known that AlBr3 is an ionic compound and aluminium is the central atom here, we now have to ask ourselves if Aluminium exists in other stable oxidation states.

We must take cognizance of the fact that the oxidation number of the central atom in a compound becomes part of the name of that compound when other stable oxidation states for atoms of the same elements exists.

Since the +3 state is the only stable oxidation state for aluminium, the name of the compound is simply aluminium bromide.