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Aluminium iodide



Aluminum iodide
Other names Aluminium(III) iodide
Aluminum triiodide
Identifiers
CAS number 7784-23-8
Properties
Molecular formula AlI3
Molar mass 407.695
Appearance colorless powder
but impure samples
are often brown
Density 3.98 g/cm3, solid
Melting point

191 °C

Boiling point

360 °C

Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox disclaimer and references

Aluminium iodide is any chemical compound containing only aluminium and iodine. Invariably, the name refers to a compound of the composition AlI3, formed by the reaction of aluminium and iodine[1] or the action of HI on Al metal. As for the related chloride and bromide, AlI3 is a strong Lewis acid and should be protected from the atmosphere.

Contents

Applications in organic synthesis

Aluminium iodide is employed to break certain kinds of C-O and N-O bonds. It cleaves aryl ethers and deoxygenates epoxides.[2]

Aluminium(I) iodide

The name "aluminium iodide" is widely assumed to describe the triiodide or its dimer. In fact, a monoiodide also enjoys a role in the Al-I system, although composition AlI is unstable at room temperature with respect to the triiodide[3]

6 AlI → Al2I6 + 4 Al

An illustrative derivative of aluminium monoiodide is the cyclic adduct formed with triethylamine, AI4I4(NEt3)4.

Safety

Hydrolysis aluminium triiodide will release some funky smells, which are corrosive. Lewis acids are skin irritants.

References

  1. ^ G. W. Watt, J. L. Hall "Aluminum Iodide" Inorganic Syntheses, 1953, Volume IV, pages 117-119
  2. ^ M. Gugelchuk "Aluminum Iodide" in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Ed: L. Paquette) 2004, J. Wiley & Sons, New York. DOI: 10.1002/047084289.
  3. ^ “Aluminum(I) and Gallium(I) Compounds: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions” Dohmeier, C.; Loos, D.; Schnöckel, H. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English (1996) Volume 35, Pages 129 - 149.
 
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