Chemistry:Europium(III) iodide

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Europium(III) iodide[1]
Names
IUPAC name
Europium(III) iodide
Other names
Europium triiodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 244-721-0
Properties
EuI3
Molar mass 532.677 g mol−1
Appearance colourless crystals[2]
Melting point decomposes [1]
Structure[1][3][4]
BiI3
octahedral
Related compounds
Other anions
EuF3, EuCl3, EuBr3
Other cations
SmI3, GdI3
Related compounds
EuI2
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Europium(III) iodide is an inorganic compound containing europium and iodine with the chemical formula EuI
3
.[1]

Preparation

Europium metal reacts directly with iodine to form europium(III) iodide:[5]

2 Eu + 3 I
2
→ 2 EuI
3

Hydrated europium(III) iodide can be prepared dissolving europium(III) oxide or europium(III) carbonate in hydroiodic acid:[1][6]

Eu
2
O
3
+ 6 HI + 6 H
2
O → 2 EuI
3
 · 9H2O

Europium powder reacts with iodine in THF to form a THF adduct of europium(III) iodide:[7][8]

2 Eu + 3 I
2
+ 7 THF → [EuI
2
(THF)
5
][EuI
4
(THF)
2
]

The adduct can be formulated more simply as EuI
3
(THF)
3.5
.

Structure

Europium(III) iodide adopts the bismuth(III) iodide (BiI3) crystal structure type,[3][4] with octahedral coordination of each Eu3+ ion by 6 iodide ions.[1]

Reactivity

Europium(III) iodide is used as the starting material for two of the main ways of preparing europium(II) iodide:[9]

Reduction with hydrogen gas at 350 °C:

2 EuI
3
+ H
2
→ 2 EuI
2
+ 2 HI

Thermal decomposition[1] at 200 °C, a disproportionation reaction:

2 EuI
3
→ 2 EuI
2
+ 2 I
2

Europium(III) iodide nonahydrate, EuI3·9H2O, thermally decomposes to europium(II) iodide dihydrate, EuI2·H2O.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1240–1241. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8. 
  2. William M. Haynes, ed (2014). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th ed.). CRC Press. p. 4-63. ISBN 978-1482208689. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wells, A. F. (1984). Structural Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-19-965763-6. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Asprey, L. B.; Keenan, T. K.; Kruse, F. H. (1964). "Preparation and Crystal Data for Lanthanide and Actinide Triiodides". Inorg. Chem. 3 (8): 1137–1141. doi:10.1021/ic50018a015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc867868/. 
  5. Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. (2001). Inorganic Chemistry. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-352651-5. 
  6. Emel'yanov, V. I.; Kuznetsova, L. I.; Abramova, L. V.; Ezhov, A. I. (1997). "Systems Eu2O3-HI-H2O and EuI3-HI-H2O at 25°C". Zh. Neorg. Khim. 42 (8): 1394–1396. https://core.ac.uk/display/289558963. 
  7. Ortu, Fabrizio (2022). "Rare Earth Starting Materials and Methodologies for Synthetic Chemistry". Chem. Rev. 122: 6040–6116. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00842. 
  8. Gompa, Thaige P.; Rice, Natalie T.; Russo, Dominic R.; Aguirre Quintana, Luis M.; Yik, Brandon J.; Basca, John; La Pierre, Henry S. (2019). "Diethyl ether adducts of trivalent lanthanide iodides". Dalton Trans. 48: 8030–8033. doi:10.1039/C9DT00775J. 
  9. Brauer, Georg (1975). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. ISBN 3-432-02328-6. 
  10. Jenden, Charles M.; Lyle, Samuel J. (1982). "A Mössbauer spectroscopic study of the lodides of europium". J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (12): 2409-2414. doi:10.1039/DT9820002409. 
HI He
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