Iodine trichloride
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| IUPAC name Iodine trichloride | |
| Other names Diiodine hexachloride | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.011.582 |
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| I2Cl6 | |
| Molar mass | 466.5281 g/mol |
| Appearance | yellow solid |
| Density | 3.11 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 63 °C (145 °F; 336 K) |
| −90.2×10−6 cm3/mol | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Iodine trichloride is an interhalogen compound of iodine and chlorine. It is bright yellow but upon time and exposure to light it turns red due to the presence of elemental iodine. In the solid state is present as a planar dimer I2Cl6, with two bridging Cl atoms.[1]
It can be prepared by reacting iodine with an excess of liquid chlorine at −70 °C,[2] or heating a mixture of liquid iodine and chlorine gas to 105 °C.[citation needed] In the molten state it is conductive, which may indicate dissociation:[2]
- I2Cl6 ⇌ ICl+
2 + ICl−
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It is an oxidizing agent, capable of causing fire on contact with organic materials.
References
[edit]- ^ K. H. Boswijk; E. H. Wiebenga (1954). "The crystal structure of I2Cl6 (ICl3)". Acta Crystallographica. 7 (5): 417–423. doi:10.1107/S0365110X54001260.
- ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
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