Pentafluoroethyl iodide is a suggested component of a
fire-extinguishing composition.
[US patent application 20010048094] It is a very dense gas.
Production
Pentafluoroethyl iodide can be produced by
electrochemical fluorination of
1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1,2-diiodoethane.
:
It can also be produced by react
tetrafluoroethylene
Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a fluorocarbon with the chemical formula . It is a colorless gas. Its structure is . It is used primarily in the industrial preparation of fluoropolymers. It is the simplest perfluorinated alkene.
It was first repor ...
,
iodine
Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, it exists at standard conditions as a semi-lustrous, non-metallic solid that melts to form a deep violet liquid at , and boils to a vi ...
and
iodine pentafluoride
Iodine pentafluoride is an interhalogen compound with chemical formula IF5. It is one of the fluorides of iodine. It is a colorless liquid, although impure samples appear yellow. It is used as a fluorination reagent and even a solvent in speci ...
.
:
Properties
Pentafluoroethyl iodide is a pungent colourless gas
and an
anesthetic
An anesthetic (American English) or anaesthetic (British English; see spelling differences) is a drug used to induce anesthesia — in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness. They may be divided into t ...
.
Uses
Pentafluoroethyl iodide is an intermediate of preparing other compounds.
[Google Patents]
US3351671A - Preparation of pentafluoroiodoethane - Google Patents
retrieved 7 January 2019.[Google Patents]
US20080200735A1 - Catalyst for the synthesis of CF3I and CF3CF2I - Google Patents
retrieved 7 January 2019.
References
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Fluoroiodoalkanes
Anesthetics