Explain why anhydrous aluminium chloride is fairly soluble in organic solvent while anhydrous magnesium chloride is insoluble​

The correct answer is - anhydrous aluminum chloride is covalent whereas anhydrous magnesium chloride is ionic.

Explanation:

Anhydrous aluminum chloride is a covalent compound and we know that covalent compounds have less or no polarity. Organic compounds or solvents are mostly non-polar in nature. And it is a thumb rule that like-dissolves-like.

Thus they dissolve covalent molecules like anhydrous aluminum chloride.

Anhydrous magnesium chloride is an ionic compound that tends to interact with a polar solvent but not in a non-polar solvent such as organic solvents.

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