Magnesium iodide

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Magnesium iodide
• CAS No.: 14332-62-8
• Molecular Formula: IMg
• Molecular Weight: 151.209
• Mol file: 14332-62-8.mol

Synonyms:Magnesiummonoiodide

Chemical Property of Magnesium iodide

Chemical Property:

• Melting Point: 637℃
• PSA: 0.00000
• LogP: 0.99820

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

Magnesium iodide 98% ^*data from reagent suppliers

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MSDS Files:

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Useful:

• Physical properties: MgI2·8H2O is a crystalline powder, white and deliquescent, discoloring in air; soluble in water, alcohol, and ether. This salt has been used in medicine. The anhydrous compound has a molecular weight of 278.1139 g/mol,a melting point of 637°C, a density of 4.43 g/cm3 and a water solubility of 1480 g/l at 18°C. MgI2 has the same type of structure (CdI2) as the chloride and bromide except that the cell parameters differ. Magnesium iodide is stable at high heat under a hydrogen atmosphere, but decomposes in air at normal temperatures, turning brown due to the release of elemental iodine. When heated in air, it decomposes completely to magnesium oxide, releasing iodine vapor. Magnesium iodide is known to form three hydrates, MgI2·6H2O, MgI2·8H2O and MgI2·10H2O of which the decahydrate is claimed to be the most stable.
• Uses: Magnesium iodide has few commercial uses but can be used to prepare many compounds for organic synthesis. Usage of magnesium iodide in the “Baylis– Hillman” reaction (an organic reaction of an aldehyde and an α,β-unsaturated electron-withdrawing group catalyzed by MgI2) tends to give vinyl-specific compounds. Another example of the usage of MgI2 as a catalyst involves the reaction of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-D-gluconolactone or 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-D-mannono-lactone with MgI2 in EtOH which afforded the respective C-2 epimer.

Technology Process of Magnesium iodide

There total 2 articles about Magnesium iodide which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

2-iodo-propane (75-30-9) + magnesium (7439-95-4) → iodomagnesium (14332-62-8)

Guidance literature:

In gaseous matrix; byproducts: isopropyl; atomic beam (900 K, discharge) collision with isopropyl halide (isopropyl halide in N2 addn. to scattering cell at 0.27 Pa); atomic luminescence;

DOI:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00676-4

Reference yield:

magnesium (7439-95-4) + 1-iodo-propane (107-08-4) → iodomagnesium (14332-62-8)

Guidance literature:

In gaseous matrix; byproducts: propyl; atomic beam (900 K, discharge) collision with propyl halide (propyl halide in N2 addn. to scattering cell at 0.27 Pa); atomic luminescence;

DOI:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00676-4

upstream raw materials:

2-iodo-propane

magnesium

1-iodo-propane

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