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Iodine monochloride
I-Cl bond length = 232.07 pm
Space-filling model
A sample of Iodine monochloride reagent
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Iodine monochloride
Iodine(I) chloride
Systematic IUPAC name
Chloroiodane
Other names
Iodine chloride
Identifiers
7790-99-0 YesY
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
ChemSpider 23042 YesY
ECHA InfoCard 100.029.306
EC Number 232-236-7
MeSH Iodine-monochloride
PubChem 24640
UN number 1792
Properties
ICl
Molar mass 162.35 g/mol
Appearance blue and yellow
Density 3.10 g/cm3
Melting point 27.2 °C (81.0 °F; 300.3 K) (α-form)
13.9 °C (β-form)
Boiling point 97.4 °C (207.3 °F; 370.5 K)
hydrolysis
Solubility soluble in CS2
acetic acid
pyridine
alcohol, ether, HCl
−54.6·10−6 cm3/mol
Hazards
Main hazards corrosive
Safety data sheet External MSDS
Related compounds
Related interhalogen compounds
Chlorine monofluoride
Bromine monochloride
Iodine monobromide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Iodine monochloride is an interhalogen compound with the formula ICl. It is a red-brown chemical compound that melts near room temperature. Because of the difference in the electronegativity of iodine and chlorine, ICl is highly polar and behaves as a source of I+. Owing to the similarity of the properties of the compound with bromine (red-brown liquid at room temperature), its synthesis led early researchers to believe that the reaction between the heaviest and lightest of a 'triad' of elements (three elements with similar chemical properties, now found in the same group of the modern periodic table) would produce the central element of the triad, the so-named 'Law of Averages'.

Iodine monochloride is produced simply by combining the halogens in a 1:1 molar ratio, according to the equation

When chlorine gas is passed through iodine crystals, one observes the brown vapor of iodine monochloride. Dark brown iodine monochloride liquid is collected. Excess chlorine converts iodine monochloride into iodine trichloride in a reversible reaction:

ICl has two polymorphs; α-ICl, which exists as black needles (red by transmitted light) with a melting point of 27.2 °C, and β-ICl, which exists as black platelets (red-brown by transmitted light) with a melting point 13.9 °C.

In the crystal structures of both polymorphs the molecules are arranged in zig-zag chains. β-ICl is monoclinic with the space group P21/c.

ICl is a useful reagent in organic synthesis. It is used as a source of electrophilic iodine in the synthesis of certain aromatic iodides. It also cleaves C-Si bonds.


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