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Rhodium(III) iodide is an inorganic compound with the formula RhI3. It is a black solid.[1]

Preparation

Rhodium(III) iodide can be synthesised by the reaction of aqueous potassium iodide with rhodium(III) bromide.[1]

RhBr3 + 3KI → RhI3 + 3KBr

Structure

RhI3 adopts same crystal structure motif as AlCl3 and YCl3. The structure consists of cubic close-packed iodide ions and rhodium ions filling a third of the octahedral interstices, forming a layers.[2]

Reactivity

Rhodium(III) iodide is only known in the anhydrous form. Unlike the other rhodium(III) halides, it does not form hydrates.[1] The related anion [RhI6]3− was previously thought not to form[1] but has since been prepared by diffusion of RhCl3·3H2O through a layer of hydroiodic acid into piperazine.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1119–1120. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  2. ^ Brodersen, K.; Thiele, G.; Recke, I. (1968). "Strukturuntersuchungen an Rhodiumhalogeniden". J. Less-Common Met. 14 (1): 151–152. doi:10.1016/0022-5088(68)90214-2.
  3. ^ Bujak, Maciej (2015). "Efficient Diffusion-Controlled Ligand Exchange Crystal Growth of Isostructural Inorganic–Organic Halogenidorhodates(III): The Missing Hexaiodidorhodate(III) Anion". Cryst. Growth Des. 15 (3): 1295–1302. doi:10.1021/cg501694d.


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