Phosphorus triiodide

Phosphorus triiodide

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Name = Phosphorus triiodide
ImageFile = Phosphorus-triiodide-2D-dimensions.png ImageName = Phosphorus triiodide
ImageFile1 = Phosphorus-triiodide-3D-vdW.png ImageName1 = Space-filling model of the phosphorus triiodide molecule
IUPACName = Phosphorus triiodide
Phosphorus(III) iodide
OtherNames = Triiodophosphine
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 13455-01-1

Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = PI3
MolarMass = 411.58 g/mol
Appearance = dark red solid
Density = 4.18 g/cm3, solid
Solubility = Decomposes
MeltingPt = 61.2 °C
BoilingPt = Decomposes

Section3 = Chembox Structure
MolShape = Trigonal pyramidal
Dipole =

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EUClass = not listed
FlashPt = non-flammable

Phosphorus triiodide (PI3) is an unstable red solid which reacts violently with water. It is a common misconception [L. G. Wade, Jr., "Organic Chemistry", 6th ed., p. 477, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA, 2005.] that PI3 is too unstable to be stored; it is, in fact, commercially available. It is widely used in organic chemistry for converting alcohols to alkyl iodides. It is also a powerful reducing agent. Note that phosphorus also forms a lower iodide, P2I4, but the existence of PI5 is doubtful at room temperature.

Properties

PI3 has essentially zero dipole moment in carbon disulfide solution, because the P-I bond has almost no dipole. The P-I bond is also weak; PI3 is much less stable than PBr3 and PCl3, with a standard enthalpy of formation for PI3 of only -46 kJ/ mol (solid). The phosphorus atom has an NMR chemical shift of 178 ppm (downfield of H3PO4).

Reactions

Phosphorus triiodide reacts vigorously with water, producing phosphorous acid (H3PO3) and hydroiodic acid (HI), along with smaller amounts of phosphine and P-P compounds. Alcohols likewise form alkyl iodides, this providing the main use for PI3.

PI3 is also a powerful reducing agent and deoxygenating agent. It reduces sulfoxides to thioethers, even at -78 °C. [J. N. Denis, A. Krief, "Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications", 544-5 (1980).] Meanwhile heating a 1-iodobutane solution of PI3 with red phosphorus causes reduction to P2I4.

Preparation

The usual method or preparation is by the union of the elements, often by addition of iodine to a solution of white phosphorus in carbon disulfide:

:P4 + 6I2 → 4PI3.

Alternatively, PCl3 may be converted to PI3 by the action of hydrogen iodide or certain metal iodides.

Uses

Phosphorus triiodide is commonly used in the laboratory for the conversion of primary or secondary alcohols to alkyl iodides. [B. S. Furnell et al., "Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry", 5th edition, Longman/Wiley, New York, 1989.] The alcohol is frequently used as the solvent, on top of being the reactant. Often the PI3 is made "in situ" by the reaction of red phosphorus with iodine in the presence of the alcohol, e.g. the conversion of methanol to give iodomethane. [OrgSynth | author = King, C. S.; Hartman, W. W. | title = Methyl Iodide | collvol = 2 | collvolpages = 399 | year = 1943 | prep =CV2P0399]

:PI3 + 3ROH → 3RI + HP(O)(OH)2

These alkyl iodides are useful compounds for nucleophilic substitution reactions, and for the preparation of Grignard reagents.

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