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colourless crystalline solid

Cerium(III) chloride heptahydrate can be used in the conversion of esters to allylsilanes.

Cerium(III) chloride heptahydrate is used in the preparation of allylsilanes from esters. It is used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis in place of sodium borohydride. In Luche reaction, carvone gives selectively allylic alcohol.

Cerium(III) chloride heptahydrate can be used:
As a precursor to prepare cerium oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications and photocatalytic degradation.
As a solution to fabricate thin films of CeO2 on glass substrates by the spray pyrolysis process.
As a dopant to fabricate ZnO and CeO2 nanocrystals for electrochemical sensing of H2O2 and photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B and Congo red dyes.
As an additive to prepare corrosion-inhibiting formulations and coatings.
To synthesize carbon nanofiber composites to fabricate high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell cathodes.
As a support for the combination of cerium(III)chloride heptahydrate and sodium iodide supported on silica gel to promoteMichael-type additions. These catalysts are used to convert from indolesand nitroalkenes to 2-indolyl-1-nitroalkane derivatives in good yields.