The compound NCl3 is nitrogen trichloride,but AlCl3 is simply aluminum chloride. Why?

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1 AlCl3 is a molecular compound (two or more nonmetals),and therefore in its name prefixes indicate the number of each typeof atom-?so AlCl3 is aluminum chloride.

2 NCl3 is a molecular compound (two or morenonmetals), and therefore in its name prefixes indicate the numberof each type of atom-?so NCl3 is nitrogentrichloride.

3 The compound AlCl3 is an ionic compound (metaland nonmetal), and therefore does not requireprefixes-?so AlCl3 is aluminum chloride.

4 The compound NCl3 is an ionic compound (metaland nonmetal), and therefore does not requireprefixes-?so NCl3 is nitrogen trichloride.

5 None of the above.

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