Diarsenic tetraiodide explained

Diarsenic tetraiodide is an inorganic compound of arsenic and iodine. It is a dark red metastable solid. The compound is a closely related to the better characterized diphosphorus tetraiodide. Identified in the late 19th century with the (accurate) empirical formula AsI₂,^[1] the compound was assigned the formula (As₂I₄) several years later.^[2]

Further reading

• 10.1016/0022-2364(80)90115-8. NQR in metal dihalides MX₂. 1980. Bastow. T.J.. Whitfield. H.J.. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 37. 2. 269–274. 1980JMagR..37..269B.
• 10.1002/zaac.19663430504. Beiträge zur Chemie des Arsens. I. Darstellung und Eigenschaften von Diarsen-tetrajodid. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 343. 5–6. 244. 1966. Baudler . M.. Stassen . H. -J. .
• 10.1002/zaac.19663450308. Beiträge zur Chemie des Arsens. II. Zur Kenntnis des Reaktiven Verhaltens von Diarsen-tetrajodid. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 345. 3–4. 182. 1966. Baudler . M.. Stassen . H. -J. .

Notes and References

1. Eugen . Bamberger . Julius . Philipp . Ueber Verbindungen von Arsen und Jod . Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft . 14 . 2 . 2643–2648 . 1881 . 10.1002/cber.188101402228 .
2. LXXXIX.—Arsenic di-iodide . John Theodore . Hewitt . Thomas Field . Winmill . J. Chem. Soc., Trans. . 1907 . 91 . 962–964 . 10.1039/CT9079100962 .