Europium(II) iodide

Europium(II) iodide
Names
IUPAC name
Europium(II) iodide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 244-721-0
  • InChI=1S/Eu.2HI/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2
    Key: DPYXWFUVSMSNNV-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • I[Eu]I
Properties
EuI
2
Molar mass 405.77 g/mol
Appearance Tea yellow powder
Melting point 510 °C (950 °F; 783 K)
Boiling point 1,120 °C (2,050 °F; 1,390 K)
Soluble in THF
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Europium(II) iodide is the iodide salt of divalent europium cation.

Preparation

Europium(II) iodide can be prepared in a handful of ways, including:

Reduction of europium(III) iodide with hydrogen gas at 350 °C:[1]

2 EuI3 + H2 → 2 EuI2 + 2 HI

Thermal decomposition of europium(III) iodide at 200 °C:[1]

2 EuI3 → 2 EuI2 + 2 I2

Reaction of europium with mercury(II) iodide:[1]

Eu + HgI2 → Eu I2 + Hg

Reaction of europium with ammonium iodide:[1]

Eu + 2 NH4I → EuI2 + 2 NH3 + H2

Structure

Europium(II) iodide has several polymorphs.[2] It adopts a monoclinic crystal structure in space group P 21/c (no. 14).[3][4]

It also adopts an orthorhombic polymorph in space group Pbca (no. 61). This form is isostructural with strontium iodide.[5]

A third polymorph of europium(II) iodide is formed if it is prepared from europium and ammonium iodide at low temperatures (200 K) in liquid ammonia. This low-temperature phase is orthorhombic and in space group Pnma (no. 62). This is the same structure as modification IV of strontium iodide.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Brauer, Georg (1975). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. ISBN 3-432-02328-6.
  2. ^ Wells, A. F. (1984). Structural Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-0-19-965763-6.
  3. ^ Bärnighausen, H.; Beck, H.; Grueninger, H. W.; Rietschel, E. T.; Schultz, N. (1969). "Neue AB2-strukturtypen mit siebenfach koordiniertem kation". Z. Kristallogr. 128: 430.
  4. ^ Bärnighausen, H.; Schulz, N. (1969). "Die Kristallstruktur der monoklinen Form von Europium(II)-jodid EuJ2". Acta Crystallogr. B. 25: 1104–1110. doi:10.1107/S0567740869003591.
  5. ^ Bärnighausen, H.; Beck, H. P.; Grueninger, H. W. (1971). "Search Results - Access Structures". Rare Earths Mod. Sci. Technol. 9: 74–.
  6. ^ Krings, M.; Wessel, M.; Dronskowski, R. (2009). "EuI2, a low-temperature europium(II) iodide phase". Acta Crystallogr. C. 65: i66 – i68. doi:10.1107/S0108270109038542.


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