hydroiodic acid

{{Short description|Aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide}}

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| ImageFileL1 = Hydrogen-iodide-3D-vdW.svg

| ImageNameL1 = Space-filling model of hydrogen iodide

| ImageFileR1 = Water molecule 3D.svg

| ImageNameR1 = Space-filling model of water

| ImageFileL2 = Iodide_ion.svg

| ImageNameL2 = The iodide anion

| ImageFileR2 = Hydronium-3D-vdW.svg

| ImageNameR2 = Space-filling model of the hydronium cation

| ImageFile3 = Oxidized Hydriodic Acid.jpg

| ImageName3 = An oxidized solution of hydroiodic acid

| Name = Hydroiodic acid

| IUPACName =

| OtherNames = {{ubl|Aqueous hydrogen iodide|Hydriodic acid|Hydrogen iodide, hydrous|Hydronium iodide}}

| ImageFile =

| ImageSize = 100px

| ImageName = Hydroiodic acid

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}}

| ChemSpiderID = 23224

| InChI = 1/BrH/h1H

| ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}}

| ChEBI = 43451

| StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}

| StdInChI = 1S/BrH/h1H

| StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}

| StdInChIKey = CPELXLSAUQHCOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = [OH3+].[I-]

| InChIKey = CPELXLSAUQHCOX-UHFFFAOYAZ

| CASNo = 10034-85-2

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}}

| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|changed|FDA}}

| UNII = 694C0EFT9Q

| RTECS = MW3760000

| EINECS = 233-109-9

| PubChem = 24841

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| Formula = HI(aq)

| H=1|I=1

| MolarMass_notes = (HI)

| Appearance = colorless liquid

| Odor = acrid

| pKa = −9.3 (HI){{cite book|title=Ionisation Constants of Inorganic Acids and Bases in Aqueous Solution|editor-first=D. D.|editor-last=Perrin|edition=2nd|series=IUPAC Chemical Data|issue=29|publisher=Pergamon|location=Oxford|year=1982|publication-date=1984|orig-date=1969|lccn=82-16524|isbn=0-08-029214-3|at=Entry 32}}

| Density = 1.70 g/mL, azeotrope
(57% HI by weight)

| Solubility = Aqueous solution

| MeltingPtC =

| MeltingPt_notes =

| BoilingPtC = 127

| BoilingPt_notes = 1.03 bar, azeotrope

}}

| Section7 = {{Chembox Hazards

| NFPA-H = 3

| NFPA-F = 0

| NFPA-R = 0

| NFPA-S = ACID

| GHSPictograms = {{GHS05}}

| GHSSignalWord = Danger

| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|314}}

| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|260|264|280|301+330+331|303+361+353|304+340|305+351+338|310|321|363|405|501}}

| FlashPt = Non-flammable

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| Section8 = {{Chembox Related

| OtherAnions = {{ubl|Hydrofluoric acid|Hydrochloric acid|Hydrobromic acid}}

| OtherCompounds = Hydrogen iodide

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Hydroiodic acid (or hydriodic acid) is a colorless liquid. It is an aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide with the chemical formula {{chem2|HI(aq)|auto=1}}. It is a strong acid, in which hydrogen iodide is ionized completely in an aqueous solution. Concentrated aqueous solutions of hydrogen iodide are usually 48% to 57% HI by mass.{{Ullmann|last = Lyday|first = Phyllis A.|year = 2005|title = Iodine and Iodine Compounds|pages = 382–390|doi = 10.1002/14356007.a14_381}}

Preparation

{{main|Hydrogen iodide#Synthesis}}

Reactions

Hydroiodic acid reacts with oxygen in air to give iodine:

:{{chem2|4 HI(aq) + O2 → 2 H2O + 2 I2}}

Like hydrogen halides, hydroiodic acid adds to alkenes to give alkyl iodides. It can also be used as a reducing agent, for example in the reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to anilines.{{Cite journal|last1=Kumar|first1=J. S. Dileep|last2=Ho|first2=ManKit M.|last3=Toyokuni|first3=Tatsushi|date=2001|title=Simple and chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to aromatic amines: reduction with hydriodic acid revisited|journal=Tetrahedron Letters|volume=42|issue=33|pages=5601–5603|doi=10.1016/s0040-4039(01)01083-8}}

=Cativa process=

The Cativa process is a major end use of hydroiodic acid, which serves as a co-catalyst for the production of acetic acid by the carbonylation of methanol.{{cite journal|title = The Cativa Process for the Manufacture of Acetic Acid|author = Jones, J. H.|journal = Platinum Metals Rev.|year = 2000|volume = 44|issue = 3|pages = 94–105|url = http://www.platinummetalsreview.com/pdf/pmr-v44-i3-094-105.pdf}}{{cite journal

| title = High productivity methanol carbonylation catalysis using iridium - The Cativa process for the manufacture of acetic acid

|author1=Sunley, G. J. |author2=Watson, D. J. | journal = Catalysis Today

| year = 2000

| volume = 58

| issue = 4

| pages = 293–307

| doi = 10.1016/S0920-5861(00)00263-7

}}

File:Cativa-process-catalytic-cycle.png

=Illicit uses=

Hydroiodic acid is listed as a U.S. Federal DEA List I Chemical, owing to its use as a reducing agent related to the production of methamphetamine from ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (recovered from nasal decongestant pills).{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/0379-0738(90)90104-7 |title=Methamphetamine synthesis via hydriodic acid/Red phosphorus reduction of ephedrine |year=1990 |last1=Skinner |first1=Harry F. |journal=Forensic Science International |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=123–134}}

References

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