Gallium monoiodide

Gallium monoiodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/Ga.HI/h;1H/q+1;/p-1
    Key: LRPWSMQGXLANTG-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • [Ga]I
Properties
GaI
Molar mass 196.63 g/mol
Appearance Pale green solid
Hydrolysis
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Gallium monoiodide is an inorganic gallium compound with the formula GaI or Ga4I4. It is a pale green solid and mixed valent gallium compound, which can contain gallium in the 0, +1, +2, and +3 oxidation states. It is used as a pathway for many gallium-based products. Unlike the gallium(I) halides first crystallographically characterized,[1] gallium monoiodide has a more facile synthesis allowing a synthetic route to many low-valent gallium compounds.

  1. ^ Dohmeier, Carsten; Loos, Dagmar; Schnöckel, Hansgeorg (1996). "Aluminum(I) and Gallium(I) Compounds: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 35 (2): 129–149. doi:10.1002/anie.199601291. ISSN 1521-3773.