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Question:

why does aluminium bromide dissolve in benzene but aluminium fluoride doesnt?

is it because AlBr3 is a better lewis acid and forms an acid base adduct with benzene or something else?

Answer:

If the sauce is acidic -tomato, lemon etc., then the aluminum will leach into your sauceNot a good taste On juice cans it always says to place any remaining juice in another non- metal container, that is because the aluminum will leach into the juice/ food.I don't think you will actually die, but I would not use that pan for this type of cooking or baking.
Are you doing it on the stove top? If so, the direct heating element isn't so safeThe oven may be safer, but try lining the bottom rack in your oven with tin foil in case anything boils over.
well people bake pies like thatBut just to be on the safe side maybe dont use the foil? Cause this one time i put foil in the microwave and it lit on fire!
You mean like those aluminum pans that Grandma makes the turkey in on Thanksgiving? Those are safe for the oven onlyAluminum should NEVER be put into the microwave on on the stove topI wish you had listed what you are makingI'm not aware of any special sauce that you drink.
Beautiful - when the asker answers his own questionYes, since Fluorine is so electronegative it holds onto its electrons and actually pulls electron density away from Aluminum, while in Bromine this is not the case AlBr3, is still a STRONG lewis acid and complexes with benzene - and during that process it solubilizes itself.

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