Tellurium tetraiodide tetramer

Tellurium compounds: tellurium tetraiodide tetramer

The tellurium in tellurium tetraiodide tetramer formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Tellurium tetraiodide tetramer

• Formula as often written: [TeI₄]₄
• Hill system formula: I₁₆Te₄
• CAS registry number: [7790-48-9]
• Formula weight: 2540.872
• Class: iodide

Synonyms

• tellurium tetraiodide tetramer
• tellurium(IV) iodide
• tellurium iodide
• tetratellurium hexadecaiodide

Physical properties

• Colour: black
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 280°C
• Boiling point:
• Density: 5050 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tellurium tetraiodide tetramer

Element	%
I	79.91
Te	20.09

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of tellurium:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the [TeI₄]₄ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Te₄I₁₆

mass  %
2524   0.0 
2525   0.0 
2526   0.1 
2527   0.2 
2528   0.5 
2529   0.8 
2530   1.8 _
2531   2.3 _
2532   4.8 __
2533   5.7 ___
2534  11.3 ______
2535  12.1 ______
2536  23.2 ____________
2537  21.5 ___________
2538  41.5 _____________________
2539  32.4 ________________
2540  63.8 ________________________________
2541  40.0 ____________________
2542  85.8 ___________________________________________
2543  37.7 ___________________
2544 100.0 __________________________________________________
2545  23.7 ____________
2546  97.0 ________________________________________________
2547   8.1 ____
2548  71.7 ____________________________________
2549   0.0 
2550  35.8 __________________
2551   0.0 
2552   9.5 _____

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.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• 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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Tellurium	Tellure
Tellur	Telluur
Tellurio	Teluro
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