NICKEL CHLORIDE LR
Nickel Chloride is a golden-yellow powder. It is used in electroplating and ink manufacturing. Nickel Chloride is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH, DEP and EPA.
NiCl2 and its hydrate are occasionally useful in organic synthesis
As a mild Lewis acid, e.g. for the regioselective isomerization of dienols :
Densities and kinematic viscosities of molten mixtures of nickel(II) chloride in tetra-n-butylammonium iodide have been measured as functions of temperature and composition. The data on the kinematic viscosity have been analyzed using both Arrhenius and non-Arrhenius type equations.