Chemistry:Potassium hexaiodorhenate

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Potassium hexaiodorhenate
Names
IUPAC name
dipotassium; hexaiodo rhenium(2-)
Other names
Potassium hexaiodorhenate(IV), dipotassium hexaiodorhenate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 621-412-2
Properties
I6K2Re
Molar mass 1025.830 g·mol−1
Appearance black crystals
Density g/cm3
reacts with water
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS05: Corrosive
GHS Signal word Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+330+331, P302+361+354Script error: No such module "Preview warning".Category:GHS errors, P304+340, P305+354+338Script error: No such module "Preview warning".Category:GHS errors, P316Script error: No such module "Preview warning".Category:GHS errors, P321, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Potassium hexaiodorhenate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula K
2
ReI
6
.[2][3]

Synthesis

The compound can be prepared by reduction of potassium perrhenate by potassium iodide in concentrated hydrochloric acid:[4]

2KReO
4
+ 2KI + 16HI → 2KReI
6
+ 3I
2
+ 8H
2
O

Physical properties

The compound forms black crystals, soluble in warm HI,[clarification needed] methanol, and acetone.[5]

Chemical properties

Potassium hexaiodorhenate is hydrolyzed in aqueous solutions.

K
2
ReI
6
+ 2H
2
O → ReO
2
+ 2KI + 4HI

It decomposes when heated:

K
2
ReI
6
→ Re + 2KI + 2I
2

It reacts with strong acids:

K
2
ReI
6
+ H
2
SO
4
→ HReI
5
+ HI + K
2
SO
4

References