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Bismuth(III) iodide

99%

Synonym(s):

Bismuth triiodide, Triiodobismuthane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
BiI3
CAS Number:
7787-64-6
Molecular Weight:
589.69
EC Number:
232-127-4
MDL number:
MFCD00010894
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
PubChem Substance ID:
24860889
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

form

powder

reaction suitability

core: bismuth
reagent type: catalyst

mp

408 °C (lit.)

density

5.78 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

I[Bi](I)I

InChI

1S/Bi.3HI/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3

InChI key

KOECRLKKXSXCPB-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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Application

Bismuth(III) iodide or Bismuth triiodide are nontoxic and hence they are used as environmentally friendly catalysts. It can be used as a catalyst in the:
  • Chemoselective deprotection of acetals and ketals in water.
  • Synthesis of polysubstituted guanidines by guanylation reaction of thioureas with amines.
  • Sulfenylation of carbonyl compounds.

Pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Bismuth (III) Halides and Sulfate as Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Sulfenylation of Carbonyl and Related Compounds1
Komatsu N, et al.
Synlett, 1995(09), 984-986 (1995)
Environmentally friendly organic synthesis using bismuth compounds: bismuth (III) iodide catalyzed deprotection of acetals in water
Bailey AD, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 49(4), 691-694 (2008)
The first bismuth (III)-catalyzed guanylation of thioureas
Cunha S and Rodrigues Jr MT
Tetrahedron Letters, 47(39), 6955-6956 (2006)
Jie Sun et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 79(5), 904-908 (2011-05-10)
A novel series of Ge-Te-BiI(3) chalcogenide glasses were prepared by traditional melt-quenching method and the glass-forming region was determined. Properties measurements including density, Vis-NIR and infrared (IR) transmission spectra with FTIR, XRD, DSC were adopted to analyze the composition, structure
Wenhua Bi et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (44)(44), 5743-5745 (2008-11-15)
The dehydration of a iodobismuthate hybrid built up from Bi(4)I(16) clusters and protonated L-cystine molecules involves an unprecedented reversible dynamic structural change in the solid state leading to 1D BiI(4) chains and 1D helical molecular chains, highlighting the templating effect
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