Nomenclature
CAS number: 7784-23-8
AlI
3; mol wt 407.69.
Al 6.62%, I 93.38%.
Description and references
Prepn from aluminum and iodine: Watt, Hall, Inorg. Synth. 4, 117 (1953); H.
J. Becher in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic
Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic
Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963) p 814; Wilson, Worrall, J. Chem. Soc. A 1968, 316.
Properties
White leaflets if pure; commercial grade yellowish-
to blackish-brown lumps. mp 191°; bp 382°; d17 3.948. Fumes in moist air; strong exothermic reaction with water.
Keep tightly closed and protected from light. Sol in carbon disulfide, alcohol, ether, liquid ammonia.Derivative
Hexahydrate.
Properties
Yellowish, deliquesc cryst powder. Sol in water,
alcohol, ether. Keep tightly closed.Use
Catalyst in organic reactions.