Chemistry:Lanthanum diiodide

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Lanthanum diiodide
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
I2La
Molar mass 392.71441 g·mol−1
Appearance blue-black solid[1]
Density 5.46 g/cm−3[1]
Melting point 830 °C[1]
Related compounds
Other cations
cerium diiodide
praseodymium diiodide
Related compounds
lanthanum(III) iodide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Lanthanum diiodide is an iodide of lanthanum, with the chemical formula of LaI2. It is an electride, actually having a chemical formula of La3+[(I)2e].[2]

Preparation

Lanthanum diiodide can be obtained from the reduction of lanthanum(III) iodide with lanthanum metal under a vacuum at 800 to 900 °C:[3]

La + 2 LaI
3
→ LaI
2

It can also be obtained by reacting lanthanum and mercury(II) iodide:[3]

La + HgI
2
→ LaI
2
+ Hg

It was first created by John D. Corbett in 1961.[4]

Properties

Lanthanum diiodide is a blue-black solid with metallic lustre, which is easily hydrolyzed into the iodide oxide.[3] It has a MoSi2-type structure, with the space group I4/mmm (No. 139).[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Holt Jr., Smith L. (1983). Inorganic syntheses. Volume 22. New York. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-470-13288-3. OCLC 86223480. 
  2. Holleman, Arnold F.; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG (2017) (in de). Anorganische Chemie Band 2. Nebengruppenelemente, Lanthanoide, Actinoide, Transactinoide. Berlin. p. 1789. ISBN 978-3-11-051854-2. OCLC 968134924. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Brauer, Georg (1963). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry V1.. Burlington: Elsevier Science. p. 1081. ISBN 978-0-323-16127-5. OCLC 843200092. 
  4. Jungmann, Angelika; Claessen, R.; Zimmermann, R.; Meng, Ge; Steiner, P.; Hüfner, S.; Tratzky, S.; Stöwe, K. et al. (1995). "Photoemission of LaI2 and CeI2". Zeitschrift für Physik B (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 97 (1): 25–34. doi:10.1007/bf01317584. ISSN 0722-3277. Bibcode1995ZPhyB..97...25J. 
  5. Riedel, Erwin; Janiak, Christoph; Meyer, Hans-Jürgen (2012) (in de). Riedel, moderne anorganische Chemie. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 240. ISBN 978-3-11-024900-2. OCLC 781540844. 
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LiI BeI2 BI3 CI4 NI3 I2O4,
I2O5,
I4O9
IF,
IF3,
IF5,
IF7
Ne
NaI MgI2 AlI3 SiI4 PI3,
P2I4
S ICl,
ICl3
Ar
KI CaI2 Sc TiI4 VI3 CrI3 MnI2 FeI2 CoI2 NiI2 CuI ZnI2 Ga2I6 GeI2,
GeI4
AsI3 Se IBr Kr
RbI SrI2 YI3 ZrI4 NbI5 Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd AgI CdI2 InI3 SnI4,
SnI2
SbI3 TeI4 I Xe
CsI BaI2   HfI4 TaI5 W Re Os Ir Pt AuI Hg2I2,
HgI2
TlI PbI2 BiI3 Po AtI Rn
Fr RaI2   Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
La Ce Pr Nd Pm SmI2 Eu Gd TbI3 Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Ac ThI4 Pa UI3,
UI4
Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf EsI3 Fm Md No Lr