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tetraiodoethylene
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Tetraiodoethylene, TIE or diiodoform, is an organoiodine compound with the chemical formula . Its structure is . It is an odourless yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in benzene and chloroform, and insoluble in water. It has been used as an antiseptic and a component in pesticide and fungicide formulations. It is the periodinated analogue of ethylene. It is a decomposition product of carbon tetraiodide and diiodoacetylene.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2I4
- Molecular weight
- 531.64 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,1,2,2-tetraiodoethene
- SMILES
- C(=C(I)I)(I)I
- InChIKey
- ZGQURDGVBSSDNF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.1
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 531.618
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- Commons category
- Tetraiodoethene
- canonical SMILES
- C(=C(I)I)(I)I
- chemical formula
- C₂I₄
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Synthesis
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- References
Tetraiodoethylene, TIE or diiodoform, is an organoiodine compound with the chemical formula . Its structure is . It is an odourless yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in benzene and chloroform, and insoluble in water. It has been used as an antiseptic and a component in pesticide and fungicide formulations. It is the periodinated analogue of ethylene. It is a decomposition product of carbon tetraiodide and diiodoacetylene.
Tetraiodoethylene reacts with ethylamine to give ethylamine di-tetraiodoethylene, , and ethylamine tetraiodoethylene, . Tetraiodoethylene and iodine pentafluoride yield iodopentafluoroethane.
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