Carbon tetraiodide

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Carbon tetraiodide
• CAS No.: 507-25-5
• Molecular Formula: CI4
• Molecular Weight: 519.629
• Hs Code.: 2827600000
• European Community (EC) Number: 208-068-5
• UNII: E22GNX36ZQ
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID0060145
• Nikkaji Number: J2.615H
• Wikipedia: Carbon tetraiodide,Carbon_tetraiodide
• Wikidata: Q416421
• Mol file: 507-25-5.mol

Synonyms:CARBON TETRAIODIDE;Tetraiodomethane;Periodomethane;507-25-5;Methane, tetraiodo-;Carbon iodide;EINECS 208-068-5;UNII-E22GNX36ZQ;BRN 1733108;E22GNX36ZQ;CI4;4-01-00-00098 (Beilstein Handbook Reference);Carboniodide;Tetrajodkohlenstoff;Carbon iodide (CI4);Tetraiodomethane, 97%;C-I4;CARBON TETRAIODIDE [MI];DTXSID0060145;MFCD00001067;AKOS009031384;AS-56563;LS-52240;FT-0623474;EN300-19801;D89329;A871477;Q416421;I4C

Chemical Property of Carbon tetraiodide

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: red crystals
• Vapor Pressure: 0.000346mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: 168°C (dec.)(lit.)
• Refractive Index: 1.959
• Boiling Point: 329.2 °C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 176.5 °C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 4.316 g/cm³
• LogP: 3.33770
• Storage Temp.: 2-8°C
• Sensitive.: Moisture & Light Sensitive
• Water Solubility.: slightly soluble H2O with hydrolysis; soluble benzene, chloroform [MER06]
• XLogP3: 3.3
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 519.6179
• Heavy Atom Count: 5
• Complexity: 19.1

Purity/Quality:

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

Periodomethane ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

• Pictogram(s): Xi
• Hazard Codes: Xi
• Statements: 36/37/38
• Safety Statements: 26-36

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Other Classes -> Halogenated Aliphatics, Saturated
• Canonical SMILES: C(I)(I)(I)I

Technology Process of Carbon tetraiodide

There total 20 articles about Carbon 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:

tetrachloromethane (56-23-5) → carbon tetraiodide (507-25-5)

Guidance literature:

With calcium iodide; at 90 - 92 ℃;

Reference yield:

tetrachloromethane (56-23-5) + methyl iodide (74-88-4) → methylene chloride (74-87-3) + carbon tetraiodide (507-25-5)

Guidance literature:

With aluminium trichloride; unter Abdestillieren des entstehenden Methylchlorids;

DOI:10.1021/ja01226a004

Reference yield:

acetone (67-64-1) + potassium iodide (7681-11-0) → carbon tetraiodide (507-25-5)

Guidance literature:

With sodium hypochlorite; In water; formation by addition a concd. NaOCl-soln. to a alk. acetone contg. KI soln. and on boiling the residue under exclusion of air in ligroin;;

upstream raw materials:

tetrachloromethane

iodoform

chloropicrin

ethyl iodide

Downstream raw materials:

methyl iodide

ethyl iodide

iodoform

carbon tetrafluoride