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Thallium triiodide

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Thallium triiodide
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Thallium triiodide, more precisely thallium(I) triiodide is a chemical compound of thallium and iodine with empirical formula TlI3. Unlike the other thallium trihalides, which contain thallium(III), TlI3 is actually a thallium(I) salt containing thallium(I) cations Tl+ and triiodide anions [I3], and thus has the chemical formula Tl+[I3]. It is a black crystalline solid.

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An appreciation as to why Tl+ is not oxidised to Tl3+ in the reaction:

Tl3+ + 2 I → Tl+ + I2

can be gained by considering the standard reduction potentials of the half-cells which are:

Tl3+ + 2 e → Tl+; Er° = 1.252
I2 + 2 e → 2 I; Er° = 0.5355

The favoured reaction is therefore the reduction of Tl3+ to Tl+ (1.252 > 0.5355).

Using standard electrode potentials in this way must be done with caution as factors such as complex formation and solvation may affect the reaction. TlI3 is no exception as it is possible to stabilise thallium(III) with excess I forming the tetraiodothallate(III) ion [TlI4] (isoelectronic with the tetraiodomercurate anion [HgI4]2− and with lead(IV) iodide PbI4).

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Structure and preparation

TlI3 is formulated Tl+[I3], and has a similar structure to NH4I3, CsI3 and RbI3.[1] The triiodide ion in TlI3 is nearly linear but is asymmetric with one iodineiodine bond longer than the other. For comparison the dimensions of the triiodide, IaIbIc, ions in the different compounds are shown below:

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TlI3 can be prepared by the evaporation of stoichiometric quantities of thallium(I) iodide (TlI) and iodine in concentrated aqueous hydriodic acid, or by reacting TlI with iodine in ethanol.

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