Molar mass 618.7423 g/mol Appearance black solid | Density 6.78 g/cm³ | |
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Uranium triiodide is an inorganic chemical compound consisting of the elements uranium and iodine. An iodide, it has the chemical formula UI3.
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Production
Uranium triiodide may be obtained from the direct reaction of its constituent elements:
2 U + 3 I2 → 2 UI3Properties
Uranium triiodide is a black solid that melts at 766 °C. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (plutonium tribromide-type) in the space group Ccmm with the lattice parameters a = 432.8 pm, b = 1401.1 pm, and c = 1000.5 pm and four formula units per unit cell. Uranium triiodide is suitable as a Lewis acidic catalyst for various Diels-Alder reactions, which are carried out under mild conditions.
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