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Niobium(V) iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula Nb2I10. Its name comes from the compound's empirical formula, NbI5.[1] It is a diamagnetic, yellow solid that hydrolyses readily. The compound adopts an edge-shared bioctahedral structure, which means that two NbI5 units are joined by a pair of iodide bridges. There is no bond between the Nb centres.[2] Niobium(V) chloride, niobium(V) bromide, tantalum(V) chloride, tantalum(V) bromide, and tantalum(V) iodide, all share this structural motif.

Synthesis and structure[edit]

Niobium pentaiodide forms from the reaction of niobium with iodine:

2 Nb + 5 I2 → 2 NbI5

The method used for the preparation of tantalum(V) iodide using aluminium triiodide fails to produce pure pentaiodide.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Greenwood, N. N.; & Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd Edn.), Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4.
  2. ^ Krebs, Bernt; Sinram, Diethard "Darstellung, Struktur und Eigenschaften einer neuen Modifikation von NbI5 (Preparation, structure and properties of a new modification of NbI5" Zeitschrift fǔr Naturforschung, Teil B: Anorganische Chemie, Organische Chemie 1980, volume 35b, pp. 12-16.
  3. ^ G. Braurer (1963). "Niobium(V) Iodide". In G. Brauer (ed.). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed. 1. NY, NY: Academic Press. p. 1315.