Fluorine with iodine compounds

The C—I bond is very unstable and more reactive than C—Br, C—Cl and C—F bonds. Iodine is the most expensive of the common halogens and is much less frequently used in synthesis than bromine, chlorine or fluorine. Organometallic reactions proceed with iodinated aliphatic or aromatic compounds more easily than with the other halogens. Noble metal catalysis with palladium complexes is most effective with iodinated compounds. A useful synthetic procedure is the facile reduction of iodinated derivatives under mild conditions. Replacement of iodine by hydrogen at an sp carbon is an exothermic reaction with A// = -25 kJ mol . ... 

The large value for fluorine, and the marked decrease from fluorine to iodine, are points to be noted. The high value for fluorine means that the bond between an element M and fluorine is likely to be more ionic (more polar) than a bond formed by M with any other elements. The low value for iodine indicates the possibility that iodine may be electropositive in some of its compounds. 

The halogen fluorides are binary compounds of bromine, chlorine, and iodine with fluorine. Of the eight known compounds, only bromine trifluoride, chlorine trifluoride, and iodine pentafluoride have been of commercial importance. Properties and appHcations have been reviewed (1 7) as have the reactions with organic compounds (8). Reviews covering the methods of preparation, properties, and analytical chemistry of the halogen fluorides are also available (9). 

The halogen fluorides are best prepared by the reaction of fluorine with the corresponding halogen. These compounds are powerful oxidising agents chlorine trifluoride approaches the reactivity of fluorine. In descending order of reactivity the halogen fluorides are chlorine pentafluoride [13637-63-3] 1 5 chlorine trifluoride [7790-91-2] 3 bromine pentafluoride [7789-30-2], BrF iodine heptafluoride [16921 -96-3], chlorine... 

Bismuth pentafluoride is an active fluorinating agent. It reacts explosively with water to form ozone, oxygen difluoride, and a voluminous chocolate-brown precipitate, possibly a hydrated bismuth(V) oxyfluoride. A similar brown precipitate is observed when the white soHd compound bismuth oxytrifluoride [66172-91 -6] BiOF, is hydrolyzed. Upon standing, the chocolate-brown precipitate slowly undergoes reduction to yield a white bismuth(Ill) compound. At room temperature BiF reacts vigorously with iodine or sulfur above 50°C it converts paraffin oil to fluorocarbons at 150°C it fluorinates uranium tetrafluoride to uranium pentafluoride and at 180°C it converts Br2 to bromine trifluoride, BrF, and bromine pentafluoride, BrF, and chlorine to chlorine fluoride, GIF. It apparently does not react with dry oxygen. 

Trimethylarsine gives a 98% yield of trimethylarsine difluoride when treated with xenon difluoride [102] in fluorotrichloromelhane. and tnsfpentafluorophen-yl)arsine gives a 94% yield of tris(pentafluornphenyl)arsme difluoride after reaction with dilute fluorine in fluorotnchloromethane at 0 C [106] Other trivalent arsenic compounds have also been fluorinated with xenon difluoride [103] In addition, arsines have been oxidatively fluorinated by iodine pentafluoride [107] or electrochemically in 26-34% yield [108]... 

Xenon difluoride has been used to oxidize a number of antimony compounds [102, 109] in yields ranging from 73 to 98%. Elemental fluorine oxidized tris(pen-tafluorophenyl)stibine to tris(pentafluorophenyl)stibine difluoride in 98% yield [706]. Oxidative fluonnation of stibines has also been accomplished with iodine pentafluoride [707]. 

Perhaps the most reactive compound of the group is BiFs- It reacts extremely vigorously with H2O to form O3, OF2 and a voluminous brown precipitate which is probably a hydrated bismuth(V) oxide fluoride. At room temperature BiFs reacts vigorously with iodine or sulfur above 50° it converts paraffin oil to fluorocarbons at 150° it fluorinates UF4 to UF and at 180° it converts Brs to BrFs and BrFs, and CI2 to CIF. 

Among the oxidative procedures for preparing azo compounds are oxidation of aromatic amines with activated manganese dioxide oxidation of fluorinated aromatic amines with sodium hypochlorite oxidation of aromatic amines with peracids in the presence of cupric ions oxidation of hindered aliphatic amines with iodine pentafluoride oxidation of both aromatic and aliphatic hydrazine derivatives with a variety of reagents such as hydrogen peroxide, halogens or hypochlorites, mercuric oxide, A-bromosuccinimide, nitric acid, and oxides of nitrogen. 

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