Germanium tetraiodide

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Germanium tetraiodide
• CAS No.: 13450-95-8
• Molecular Formula: GeI4
• Molecular Weight: 580.208
• Hs Code.: 2827600090
• European Community (EC) Number: 236-613-7
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID7065469
• Nikkaji Number: J95.934K
• Wikipedia: Germanium(IV) iodide
• Wikidata: Q4202655
• Mol file: 13450-95-8.mol

Synonyms:Germanium tetraiodide;13450-95-8;tetraiodogermane;Germanium(IV) iodide;Germane, tetraiodo-;GeI4;Germanium iodide;EINECS 236-613-7;MFCD00016120;periodogermane;Ge-I4;Germanium iodide (GeI4);DTXSID7065469;Germanium(IV) iodide,99.99%;CS-0166619;Germanium(IV) iodide (99.999%-Ge) PURATREM;Germanium(IV) iodide, 99.99% trace metals basis;Q4202655

Chemical Property of Germanium tetraiodide

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: orange to red xtl.
• Vapor Pressure: 1.58E-07mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: 144°C
• Boiling Point: 440 °C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 377°C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 4400 kg m^-3
• LogP: 3.16200
• Storage Temp.: under inert gas (nitrogen or Argon) at 2–8 °C
• Sensitive.: Moisture Sensitive
• Water Solubility.: Soluble in water.
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 581.5391
• Heavy Atom Count: 5
• Complexity: 19.1

Purity/Quality:

98%,99%, ^*data from raw suppliers

Germanium(IV) iodide (99.999%-Ge) PURATREM ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

• Hazard Codes: C
• Statements: 34
• Safety Statements: 23-26-27-36/37/39-45

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Total 1 MSDS from other Authors

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: [Ge](I)(I)(I)I
• Uses: Germanium(IV) iodide is?a biochemical for proteomics research. It is also used as a primary and secondary intermediate.

Technology Process of Germanium tetraiodide

There total 25 articles about Germanium tetraiodide which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 17.0%

germanium (7440-56-4) + ethyl iodide (75-03-6) → germanium tetraiodide (13450-95-8) + ethyltriiodogermane (4916-38-5)

Guidance literature:

In gas; vaporization of Ge (alumina-coated tungsten crucible, 1200-1300°C, 5E-3 Torr), introduction into reaction flask (cooled with liq. N2 during Ge vaporization) together with vapor of org. halide, warming to room temp., standing for 1.5 h; GC-MS, GLC;

DOI:10.1246/bcsj.61.1247

Reference yield: 14.0%

germanium (7440-56-4) + methyl iodide (74-88-4) → germanium tetraiodide (13450-95-8) + dimethyldiiodogermane (1184-77-6) + triiodomethylgermane (1111-91-7)

Guidance literature:

reaction of germanium atoms with organic halide by co-condensation under vac. at 77 K; GC-MASS;

DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.1105

Reference yield: 13.0%

germaniumtetrachloride (10038-98-9) + ethyl iodide (75-03-6) → germanium tetraiodide (13450-95-8)

Guidance literature:

In neat (no solvent); treating GeCl4 with C2H5I for 48 h, cooling down with aceton/dry ice;; pptn., filtering, washing with cold HI and drying on air;;

DOI:10.1021/ja01152a534

upstream raw materials:

germanium

iodine

methyl iodide

ethyl iodide

Downstream raw materials:

antimony triiodide

germaniumtetrachloride

perfluormethylgermanium iodide

Methyl-tris-trifluoromethyl-germane

Refernces

• 1、 Dennis, L. M.,Hance, F. E.. "". . p. 2854 - 2854. Retrieved 1922.
• 2、 Nebergall, W. H.,Walsh, R. H.. "". . p. 4043. Retrieved 1951.
• 3、 Aku-Dominguez, Kwami,Ferguson, Michael J.,Kiran, Anagha,Medroa Del Pino, William,Minami, Yohei,Rivard, Eric,Sinclair, Jocelyn,Yasuda, Makoto. "Access to metastable [GeH2]: N materials via a molecular "bottom-up" approach". supporting information. p. 17688 - 17696. Retrieved 2021/12/17.
• 4、 Zelenina,Minenkov,Stenin,Titov,Chusova. "Heat capacity of crystalline germanium tetraiodide". . p. 702 - 706. Retrieved 2007/10/03.