Interhalogen compounds reactions

Two approaches that have been investigated recently for disinfection are mixtures of bromine and chlorine, and mixtures containing bromide or iodide salts. Some evidence exists that mixtures of bromine and chlorine have superior germicidal properties than either halogen alone. It is believed that the increased bacterial activity of these mixtures can be attributed to the attacks by bromine on sites other than those affected by chlorine. The oxidation of bromide or iodide salts can be used to prepare interhalogen compounds or the hypollalous acid in accordance with the following reaction ... 

C21-0093. Some pure liquid interhalogen compounds are good electrical conductors, indicating that they contain cations and anions. Show a Lewis acid-base reaction between two bromine trifluoride molecules that would generate ionic species. 

Carbon monoxide is a highly flammable and poisonous gas. Its flammable limits in air are 12.5 to 74.2% by volume, and the autoignition temperature 700°C. It explodes when exposed to flame. Reactions with interhalogen compounds, such as, bromine pentafluoride or halogen oxides can cause explosion. It forms explosive products with sodium or potassium that are sensitive to heat and shock. 

Fluorine also reacts with other halogens, forming interhalogen compounds. While with bromine and iodine it reacts vigorously at ordinary temperatures, with chlorine the reaction occurs at 200°C. Such interhalogen products with these halogens include iodine heptafluoride, bromine trifluoride, bromine pentafluoride, and chlorine trifluoride. Metalloid elements, such as arsenic, silicon, selenium, and boron also inflame in a stream of fluorine, forming fluorides. 

As a general rule, the properties of interhalogen compounds are intermediate between those of their parent elements. For example, IC1 is a red solid that melts near room temperature, and BrF is a brownish gas that condenses to a liquid near room temperature. All six possible diatomic interhalogen compounds are known, and all act as strong oxidizing agents in redox reactions. 

The halogenation of a wide variety of aromatic compounds proceeds readily in the presence of ferric chloride, aluminum chloride, and related Friedel-Crafts catalysts. Halogenating agents generally used are elemental chlorine, bromine, or iodine and interhalogen compounds (such as iodine monochloride, bromine monochloride, etc.). These reactions were reviewed554 and are outside the scope of the present discussion. 

Neutral electrophiles contain a highly polarized E-X bond therefore, they are able to participate in electrophilic reactions. Interhalogen compounds... 

The reactions of the interhalogen compounds are not greatly different from those of the halogens themselves. Hydrolysis of compounds in basic solution yield the halide ion derived from the smaller halogen and an oxy-halogen anion derived from the larger halogen thus, hydrolysis of BrF yields a 5 1 mixture of fluoride and bromate, Iodine monochloride... 

Recently studies of reactions in liquid BrF3 have been made. Although it is very difficult to obtain this interhalogen compound in very pure state,... 

The compound BrF can be prepared by fluorinating bromine not with elemental fluorine but with a higher bromine fluoride in a disproportionation reaction (equations 33 and 34). Fluorination of halides (equation 35) instead of elemental halogen is sometimes preferable, leading to purer products. Interhalogen compounds also include astatine ones such as AtCl, AtBr, and Atl. 

Interhalogen compound a compound formed by the reaction of one halogen with another. (19.7)... 

Iodine promotes glycosylation reactions of perbenzylated thioglycosides [222]. The interhalogen compounds of iodine, IBr and ICl are more active, capable of promoting... 

A further illustration of this may be seen in the addition of an interhalogen compound, e g. bromochloride, to propene. Suggest what is the product, and draw out the mechanism for this reaction. 

Although Garland and Curtis (41) found volatile I2 evolution when 03 was passed over seawater in batch reactors, they did not analyze the seawater for any change in iodine speciation. I2 and other interhalogen compounds, IX, should disproportionate to HOI in water. The first step in this thermal reaction does not lead to oxygen-atom transfer from 03 unless OH or H20 hydrolyzes I2 and IX. 

Gaseous chlorine and gaseous fluorine undergo a combination reaction to form the interhalogen compound CIF. 

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