Aluminium monoiodide

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| IUPACName = Iodoaluminium

| OtherNames = Aluminium monoiodide

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 29977-41-1

| PubChem = 5462992

| ChemSpiderID = 4575742

| SMILES = [Al]I

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| Formula =

| Al=1 | I=1

| MolarMass = 153.886 g/mol

| Appearance = Red solid

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Aluminium monoiodide is an aluminium(I) compound with the chemical formula {{math|{{chem2|AlI|auto=yes}}}}. It is unstable at room temperature due to dismutation:{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/anie.199601291|title=Aluminum(I) and Gallium(I) Compounds: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions|year=1996|last1=Dohmeier|first1=Carsten|last2=Loos|first2=Dagmar|last3=Schnöckel|first3=Hansgeorg|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|volume=35|issue=2|pages=129}}

:{{math|{{Chem2|6 AlI -> Al2I6 + 4 Al }}}}

It forms a cyclic adduct {{math|{{chem2|Al4I4(NEt3)4}}}} with triethylamine.