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Chemical reference sources and studies demonstrate that while iron(III) iodide is thermodynamically unstable and prone to redox decomposition, it has successfully been synthesized in small quantities or as stabilized complexes, proving that it does exist.
Iron(III) iodide
Iron(III) iodide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula FeI3. It is a thermodynamically unstable compound that is difficult to prepare. Nevertheless, iron(III) iodide has been synthesised in small quantities in the absence of air and water.
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| IUPAC name, Iron(III) iodide | - |
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| InChI, InChI=1S/Fe.3HI/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3, Key: HEJPGFRXUXOTGM-UHFFFAOYSA-K | - |
| SMILES, [Fe+3].[I-].[I-].[I-] | - |
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## Preparation
Iron(III) and iodide tend to undergo a redox reaction in which Fe3+ is reduced to Fe2+ and I− is oxidised to I2. This reaction can be avoided and iron(III) iodide can be synthesised by a phot
Facile synthesis of a rare example of an iron(III) iodide complex, [FeI3(AsMe3)2], from the reaction of Me3AsI2 with unactivated iron powder - ScienceDirect
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