Ethylaluminium sesquichloride
Ethylaluminium sesquichloride, also called EASC, is an industrially important organoaluminium compound used primarily as a precursor to triethylaluminium and as a catalyst component in Ziegler-Natta type systems for olefin and diene polymerizations. Other applications include use in alkylation reactions and as a catalyst component in linear oligomerization and cyclization of unsaturated hydrocarbons.< EASC is a colourless liquid, spontaneously combustible in air and reacts violently when in contact with water and many other compounds.