Titanium tetraiodide

Titanium tetraiodide
Titanium tetraiodide
Titanium tetraiodide
Names
IUPAC name
Titanium(IV) iodide
Other names
Titanium tetraiodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.028.868 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 231-754-0
  • InChI=1S/4HI.Ti/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4 ☒N
    Key: NLLZTRMHNHVXJJ-UHFFFAOYSA-J ☒N
  • InChI=1/4HI.Ti/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4/rI4Ti/c1-5(2,3)4
    Key: NLLZTRMHNHVXJJ-CDYINDSBAY
  • [Ti](I)(I)(I)I
Properties
TiI4
Molar mass 555.485 g/mol
Appearance red-brown crystals
Density 4.3 g/cm3
Melting point 150 °C (302 °F; 423 K)
Boiling point 377 °C (711 °F; 650 K)
hydrolysis
Solubility in other solvents soluble in CH2Cl2
CHCl3
CS2
Structure
cubic (a = 12.21 Å)
tetrahedral
0 D
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
violent hydrolysis
corrosive
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501
Related compounds
Other anions
Titanium(IV) bromide
Titanium(IV) chloride
Titanium(IV) fluoride
Other cations
Silicon tetraiodide
Zirconium(IV) iodide
Hafnium(IV) iodide
Related compounds
Titanium(III) iodide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Titanium tetraiodide is an inorganic compound with the formula TiI4. It is a black volatile solid, first reported by Rudolph Weber in 1863.[2] It is an intermediate in the van Arkel–de Boer process for the purification of titanium.

  1. ^ "Titanium tetraiodide". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ Weber, R. (1863). "Ueber die isomeren Modificationen der Titansäure und über einige Titanverbindungen". Annalen der Physik. 120 (10): 287–294. Bibcode:1863AnP...196..287W. doi:10.1002/andp.18631961003.