Hydriodic acid, preparation

Hydrogen iodide. This gas may be conveniently prepared by allowing a solution of two parts of iodine in one part of hydriodic acid, sp. gr. 1 7 (for preparation, see Section 11,49,2), to drop on to excess of red phosphorus. The evolution of hydrogen iodide takes place in the cold when the evolution of gas slackens considerably, the mixture should be gently warmed. 

Reflux 1 ml. of the ether with 5 ml. of freshly distilled, constant boiling point hydriodic acid (Section 11,49,2), b.p. 126-128°, for 2-3 hours. Add 10 ml. of water, distil and collect about 7 ml. of liquid. Decolourise the distillate by the addition of a httle sodium bisulphite, and separate the two layers by means of a dropper pipette (Fig. 11,27,1). Determine the b.p. of the resulting iodide by the Siwoloboff method (Section 11,12) and prepare a crystalline derivative (Section 111,42). 

Iodides. Tungsten tetraiodide [14055-84-6] WI, is a black powder that is decomposed by air. It is prepared by the action of concentrated hydriodic acid on tungsten hexachlotide at 100°C. 

The F nmr spectrum of this compound gives only one signal over a wide range of temperatures, a result attributed to Berry pseudorotation (144). No alkyl- or aryltetrabromoarsorane has been reported. There is, however, an early report on the preparation of tetraiodomethylarsorane from methylarsonic acid and hydriodic acid (145). 

Diphenylmethane has been prepared with aluminum chloride as a catalyst from methylene chloride and benzene, from chloroform and benzene as a by-product in the preparation of triphenylmethane, and from benzyl chloride and benzene. It has been prepared by the reduction of benzophenone with hydriodic acid and phosphorus, or with sodium and alcohol. It has also been made by heating a solution of benzyl chloride in benzene with zinc dust, or with zinc chloride. The above method is only a slight modification of the original method of Hirst and Cohen. ... 

Pentaerythrityl bromide has been prepared by the action of phosphorus tribromide on pentaerythritol, - and of an acetic acid solution of hydrobromic acid on pentaerythritol tetraacetate. The iodide has been prepared by the action of red phosphorus and hydriodic acid on pentaerythritol and by treating the bromide with sodium iodide in acetone. ... 

Hydroxyisophthalic acid has been prepared by oxidizing 2-hydroxy-3-methylbenzoic acid with lead dioxide, by cleaving the ether group of 2-methoxyisophthalic acid with hydriodic acid, and by hydrolyzing 2-iodoisophthalic acid with alcoholic sodium hydroxide. ... 

It is common practice to refer to the molecular species HX and also the pure (anhydrous) compounds as hydrogen halides, and to call their aqueous solutions hydrohalic acids. Both the anhydrous compounds and their aqueous solutions will be considered in this section. HCl and hydrochloric acid are major industrial chemicals and there is also a substantial production of HF and hydrofluoric acid. HBr and hydrobromic acid are made on a much smaller scale and there seems to be little industrial demand for HI and hydriodic acid. It will be convenient to discuss first the preparation and industrial uses of the compounds and then to consider their molecular and bulk physical properties. The chemical reactivity of the anhydrous compounds and their acidic aqueous solutions will then be reviewed, and the section concludes with a discussion of the anhydrous compounds as nonaqueous solvents. 

Preparation of the key intermediate to this series begins by reduction of the methylene phthalide, 12a, with hydriodic acid and red phosphorus. Cyclization of the acid (26) thus obtained affords the tricyclic ketone, 27. Reaction with the Grignard reagent from 3-dimethylamino-2-methylpropyl chloride affords the... 

Preparation of 3 5-diiodo-4-(4 -hydroxyphenoxy)phenylacetic acid (diac) A solution of ethyl 3 5-diiodo-4-(4 -methoxyphenoxy)phenyl acetate (9.5 g) in acetic acid (60 ml) was heated under reflux with hydriodic acid (SG 1.7, 50 ml) and red phosphorus (0.5 g) for 1 hour. The hot solution was filtered and the filtrate concentrated at 50°C and 15 mm of mercury to above 20 ml. The residue was treated with water (70 ml) containing a little sodium thiosulfate to decolorize the product. The solid was collected by filtration and purified by the method of Harington and Pitt-Rivers [Biochem. J. (1952), Vol. 50, page 438]. Yield 8,36 g (95%). After crystallization from 70% (v/v) acetic acid it melted at 219°C. 

Di-o-nitrophenyl disulfide was first prepared by the action of hydriodic acid on o-nitrobenzene sulfochloride.1 It has also been prepared by the reduction of o-nitrobenzene sulfinic acid with hydrogen bromide 2 by the reduction of ethyl-o-nitro-phenylsulfonacetate with ammonium sulfide 3 and by the deamination of 4,4,-diamino-2,2 -dinitrodiphenyldisulfide.4 The procedure given is the method of Blanksma5 as elaborated by Wohlfahrt.6... 

During preparation of hydriodic acid by distillation of phosphorus and wet iodine, the condenser became blocked with by-product phosphonium iodide, and an explosion, possibly also involving phosphine, occurred. There is also a purification hazard. 

Koenigkramer, R.E. and Zimmer, H., Benzoins via an acyl anion equivalent. Novel one-pot preparation of benzo[b]furans via benzoins using hydriodic acid, J. Org. Chem., 45, 3994, 1980. 

Chlorine and bromine can be replaced by iodine by means of alkali iodide, and this is of importance in cases where direct treatment of alcohols with hydriodic acid gives a bad yield or none at all, e.g. in the preparation of ethylene iodohydrin ... 

Methylated phenols very often form part of the molecule of natural products, in particular, of alkaloids. In the elucidation of their constitution the quantitative determination of the methoxyl groups is of great importance. This determination is carried out by the excellent method of Zeisel, in which the methyl group is removed as methyl iodide by the action of concentrated hydriodic acid. This method (directions, p. 80) should be practised with the anisole already prepared. 

Bromo-2-naphthol has been prepared by the reduction of i,6-dibromo-2-naphthol with hydriodic acid,1 2 with tin and hydrochloric acid,3 or with stannous chloride and hydrochloric acid in aqueous alcohol3 or in aqueous acetic acid.4... 

Milder reductions with hydriodic acid can be accomplished by using more dilute hydriodic acid, or solutions of hydrogen iodide prepared from alkaline iodides and hydrochloric or acetic acid in organic solvents [22S],... 

Cadmium iodide is prepared by the addition of cadmium metal, or its oxide, hydroxide, nitrate or carbonate to hydriodic acid ... 

Copper(l) iodide is prepared by heating copper with iodine and concentrate hydriodic acid, HI. Another preparation route is precipitation of the salt by mixing aqueous solutions of potassium or sodium iodide with copper sulfate or any soluble copper(ll) salt ... 

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