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Bismuth(III) iodide

99%

Synonym(s):

Bismuth triiodide, Triiodobismuthane

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
BiI3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
589.69
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
PubChem Substance ID:
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

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Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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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)
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)
The first bismuth (III)-catalyzed guanylation of thioureas
Cunha S and Rodrigues Jr MT
Tetrahedron Letters, 47(39), 6955-6956 (2006)
Minhua Su et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 229-230, 72-82 (2012-06-20)
BiOI-MWCNT composites, with high absorption and visible-light photocatalytic performance, were synthesized by a solvothermal process, in which ethylene glycol (EG) participated in the reaction. Synthesized BiOI-MWCNT composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS), scanning electronic microscopy
F M Abdel-Gawad
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 16(5), 793-799 (1998-04-16)
A systematic spectrophotometric study on the ion-pair formation of Bi(III)-iodide with amineptine hydrochloride, piribedil and trimebutine maleate is carried out. The optimal experimental conditions pH, concentration of Bi(III) nitrate, potassium iodide; and the nature and amount of organic solvent have

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