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Hydriodic acid

57 wt. % in H2O, distilled, stabilized, 99.95%

Synonym(s):

Hydriotic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
HI
CAS Number:
10034-85-2
Molecular Weight:
127.91
MDL number:
MFCD00011347
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
329752070
NACRES:
NA.21

Quality Level

100

Assay

99.95%

form

liquid

contains

<1.5% hypophosphorous acid as stabilizer

concentration

57 wt. % in H2O

bp

127 °C (lit.)

density

1.701 g/mL at 25 °C

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

I

InChI

1S/HI/h1H

InChI key

XMBWDFGMSWQBCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Hydriodic acid (HI) along with red phosphorus (HI/red P) plays the role of a reducing agent for the preparation of methamphetamine. HI/Phosphorous causes the reduction of various polycyclic quinones. HI also participates as a reducing agent for the conversion of various polyarene quinones, hydroquinones and phenols to the corresponding aromatic hydrocarbons.
Hydriodic acid is hydrogen iodide gas dissolved in water. It is a strong acid generally used as a reducing agent.

Application

Hydriodic acid may be used as a reagent for the conversion of fatty alcohols and glyceryl ethers to alkyl iodides.

Pictograms

CorrosionEnvironment
GHS05,GHS09

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H290,H314,H411

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Studies on the composition of glyceryl ethers and their preparation from diacyl glyceryl ethers in liver oils.
Guyer KE, et al.
Journal of Lipid Research, 4(4), 385-391 (1963)
Methamphetamine synthesis via hydriodic acid/red phosphorus reduction of ephedrine.
Skinner HF.
Forensic Science International, 48(2), 123-134 (1990)
Efficient reduction of polycyclic quinones, hydroquinones, and phenols with hydriodic acid.
Konieczny M and Harvey RG.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 44(26), 4813-4816 (1979)
Hailong Li et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 60(21), 5307-5310 (2012-05-15)
The paper reports on a headspace gas chromatographic (HS-GC) method for the determination of methoxyl in lignin. The method involves the quantitive cleavage of methoxyl with hydroiodic acid (HI) to form methyl iodide in a closed headspace sample vial at
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