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Is AlCl3 hypervalent

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No, Al is a trivalent atom having three unpaired electrons in its outermost shell and forms three covalent bonds with chlorine atoms but due to incomplete octet it is unstable compound. For the completion of its octet Al atom may form a coordinate covalent bond with chloride ion (AlCl4)1- , now you can say that AlCl41- is hypervalent.

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