Nomenclature
CAS number: 7783-86-0
FeI
2; mol wt 309.65.
Fe 18.03%, I 81.97%.
Description and references
Prepn: Chaigneau, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 1957, 886; Lieser, Elias, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 316, 208
(1962); Lux in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic
Chemistry vol. 2, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic
Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1965) p 1495.
Properties
Large, thin, red-violet crystals or black leaflets.
Very hygroscopic. Sol in water, alcohol, ether; aq soln is readily
oxidized by air. Keep tightly closed and protected
from light.Use
As catalyst for organic reactions.