Europium(III) iodide

Europium(III) iodide^[1]
Names
	IUPAC name Europium(III) iodide
	Other names Europium triiodide
Identifiers
CAS Number	13759-90-5;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	23349674;
ECHA InfoCard	100.033.941
EC Number	244-721-0;
PubChem CID	25210775;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID20929845 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/Eu.3HI/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3 Key: OEGMUYNEEQNVBV-UHFFFAOYSA-K;
	SMILES [I-].[I-].[I-].[Eu+3];
Properties
Chemical formula	EuI; 3
Molar mass	532.677 g mol−1
Appearance	colourless crystals
Melting point	decomposes
Structure
Crystal structure	BiI3
Coordination geometry	octahedral
Related compounds
Other anions	EuF3, EuCl3, EuBr3
Other cations	SmI3, GdI3
Related compounds	EuI2
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Europium(III) iodide is an inorganic compound containing europium and iodine with the chemical formula EuI₃.^[1]

Preparation

Europium metal reacts directly with iodine to form europium(III) iodide:^[5]

2 Eu + 3 I₂ → 2 EuI₃

Hydrated europium(III) iodide can be prepared dissolving europium(III) oxide or europium(III) carbonate in hydroiodic acid:^[1]^[6]

Eu₂O₃ + 6 HI + 6 H₂O → 2 EuI₃·9H₂O

Europium powder reacts with iodine in THF to form a THF adduct of europium(III) iodide:^[7]^[8]

2 Eu + 3 I₂ + 7 THF → [EuI₂(THF)₅][EuI₄(THF)₂]

The adduct can be formulated more simply as EuI₃(THF)_3.5.

Structure

Europium(III) iodide adopts the bismuth(III) iodide (BiI₃) crystal structure type,^[3]^[4] with octahedral coordination of each Eu³⁺ ion by 6 iodide ions.^[1]

Reactivity

Europium(III) iodide is used as the starting material for two of the main ways of preparing europium(II) iodide:^[9]

Reduction with hydrogen gas at 350 °C:

2 EuI₃ + H₂ → 2 EuI₂ + 2 HI

Thermal decomposition^[1] at 200 °C, a disproportionation reaction:

2 EuI₃ → 2 EuI₂ + 2 I₂

Europium(III) iodide nonahydrate, EuI₃·9H₂O, thermally decomposes to europium(II) iodide dihydrate, EuI₂·H₂O.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1240–1241. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
^ William M. Haynes, ed. (2014). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th ed.). CRC Press. p. 4-63. ISBN 978-1482208689.
^ ^a ^b Wells, A. F. (1984). Structural Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-19-965763-6.
^ ^a ^b Asprey, L. B.; Keenan, T. K.; Kruse, F. H. (1964). "Preparation and Crystal Data for Lanthanide and Actinide Triiodides". Inorg. Chem. 3 (8): 1137–1141. doi:10.1021/ic50018a015.
^ Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. (2001). Inorganic Chemistry. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-352651-5.
^ Emel'yanov, V. I.; Kuznetsova, L. I.; Abramova, L. V.; Ezhov, A. I. (1997). "Systems Eu₂O₃-HI-H₂O and EuI₃-HI-H₂O at 25°C". Zh. Neorg. Khim. 42 (8): 1394–1396.
^ Ortu, Fabrizio (2022). "Rare Earth Starting Materials and Methodologies for Synthetic Chemistry". Chem. Rev. 122: 6040–6116. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00842. PMC 9007467.
^ Gompa, Thaige P.; Rice, Natalie T.; Russo, Dominic R.; Aguirre Quintana, Luis M.; Yik, Brandon J.; Basca, John; La Pierre, Henry S. (2019). "Diethyl ether adducts of trivalent lanthanide iodides". Dalton Trans. 48: 8030–8033. doi:10.1039/C9DT00775J.
^ Brauer, Georg (1975). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. ISBN 3-432-02328-6.
^ Jenden, Charles M.; Lyle, Samuel J. (1982). "A Mössbauer spectroscopic study of the lodides of europium". J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (12): 2409–2414. doi:10.1039/DT9820002409.