Diarsenic tetraiodide

Diarsenic tetraiodide
Names
IUPAC name
Arsenic diiodide
Identifiers
13770-56-4
Properties
As2I4
Molar mass 657.461 g/mol
Appearance Red crystalline solid
Melting point 137 °C (279 °F; 410 K)
Boiling point 380 °C (716 °F; 653 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Diarsenic tetraiodide is an inorganic compound of arsenic and iodine. It is a dark red metastable solid. The compound is a closely related to the better characterized diphosphorus tetraiodide. Identified in the late 19th century with the correct empirical formula,[1] the compound was assigned the formula (As2I4) several years later.[2]

References

  1. Bamberger, Eugen; Philipp, Julius (1881). "Ueber Verbindungen von Arsen und Jod". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 14 (2): 2643–2648. doi:10.1002/cber.188101402228.
  2. Hewitt, John Theodore; Winmill, Thomas Field (1907). "LXXXIX.—Arsenic di-iodide". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 91: 962–964. doi:10.1039/CT9079100962.

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