Platinum triiodide

Platinum compounds: platinum triiodide

The platinum in platinum triiodide formally is in the oxidation state 2, 4.

Platinum triiodide

• Formula as often written: PtI₃
• Hill system formula: I₃Pt₁
• CAS registry number: [68220-29-1]
• Formula weight: 575.791
• Class: iodide

Synonyms

• platinum triiodide
• platinum (II, IV) iodide
• platinum iodide

Physical properties

• Colour: black
• Appearance:
• Melting point: 310°C (decomposes)
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in platinum triiodide

Element	%
I	66.12
Pt	33.88

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the PtI₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Pt₁I₃

mass  %
571   0.0 
572   0.0 
573   2.3 _
574   0.0 
575  97.3 _________________________________________________
576 100.0 __________________________________________________
577  74.9 _____________________________________
578   0.0 
579  21.3 ___________

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
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• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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