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Beryllium dichloride

7787-47-5BeCl279.918 g/mol
Salt and Compound WithChEBI source record

A compound of beryllium (+2 oxidation state) and chloride in the ratio 1:2. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7787-47-5ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaBeCl2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass79.918 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass78.94989 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:62843ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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beryllium dichloride
beryllium dichloride
LWBPNIJBHRISSS-UHFFFAOYSA-L
[Cl][Be][Cl]
InChI=1S/Be.2ClH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2

Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

genotoxincarcinogenic agent

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0125128 mol

Uses 79.918 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
Cl
Chlorine · 2 atoms
88.72%
Be
Beryllium · 1 atom
11.28%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations
[A study of the humoral immunity of mice injected with beryllium chloride]. ↗Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene · 1992 Dec · PMID 1287261

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:62843

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

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