Phosphorus pentaiodide

"Pi5" redirects here. For the star in the constellation Orion, see Pi5 Orionis.

Phosphorus pentaiodide is an inorganic compound with formula PI5. The existence of this compound has been claimed intermittently since the early 1900s.[1] The claim is disputed: "The pentaiodide does not exist (except perhaps as PI3.I2, but certainly not as PI4+I− ...)".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Walker and Johnson, J. Chem. Soc. 87, 1595 (1905).
  2. ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-08-037941-9.
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