Gallium(III) iodide is the
inorganic compound
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with the
formula Ga I3. A yellow hygroscopic solid, it is the most common iodide of gallium. In the
chemical vapor transport
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method of growing crystals of
gallium arsenide uses iodine as the transport agent. In the solid state, it exists as the dimer Ga
2I
6.
"Gallium(I) iodide"
Gallium triiodide can be reduced with gallium metal to give a green-colored solid called
"gallium(I) iodide." The nature of this species is unclear, but it is useful for the preparation of compounds of gallium(I) and gallium(II) and is reported as useful in organic syntheses.
[GaI: A new reagent for chemo- and diastereoselective C–C bond forming reactions, Green SP, Jones C., Stasch A., Rose R.P, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 127 - 134, ]
See also
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Gallium halides There are three sets of gallium halides, the trihalides where gallium has oxidation state +3, the intermediate halides containing gallium in oxidation states +1, +2 and +3 and some unstable monohalides, where gallium has oxidation state +1.
Trihali ...
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"GaI"
References
Iodides
Gallium compounds
Metal halides
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