Benzyl iodide

Structural formula
General
Surname	Benzyl iodide
other names	Phenyl methyl iodide; (Iodomethyl) benzene; α-iodotoluene; (Iodomethyl) benzene ( IUPAC );
Molecular formula	C 7 H 7 I.
Brief description	colorless to yellow needles
External identifiers / databases
EC number	210-623-1
ECHA InfoCard	100.009.659
PubChem	12098
Wikidata	Q425422
properties
Molar mass	218.035 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	1.7335 g cm −3 (25 ° C)
Melting point	24.5 ° C
boiling point	93 ° C (10 Torr )
solubility	very soluble in benzene, ether and ethanol
Refractive index	1.6334 (25 ° C)
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling ; no classification available
GHS hazard labeling ; no classification available
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . Refractive index: Na-D line , 20 ° C

Benzyl iodide is an organic-chemical compound from the group of alkyl halides and has the empirical formula C ₇ H ₇ I. It is a constitutional isomer to the iodotoluenes .

Manufacturing

Benzyl iodide can be produced from benzyl chloride and sodium iodide in acetone by the Finkelstein reaction .

properties

Benzyl iodide forms colorless to yellow needles that melt at 24.5 ° C. As a liquid, it has a high refractive index of 1.6334. Benzyl iodide is a strong eye irritant, already 0.002 mg per liter of air causes tearing.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h David R. Lide (Ed.): CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 90th edition. (Internet version: 2010), CRC Press / Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, Physical Constants of Organic Compounds, pp. 3-306.
↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
^ Fieser and Fieser: Organic Chemistry , 2nd Edition, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1982, ISBN 3-527-25075-1 .

[CRC_HANDBOOK-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h David R. Lide (Ed.): CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 90th edition. (Internet version: 2010), CRC Press / Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, Physical Constants of Organic Compounds, pp. 3-306.

[NV-2] This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.

[3] Fieser and Fieser: Organic Chemistry , 2nd Edition, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1982, ISBN 3-527-25075-1 .