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Iodine+Aceton+Ammonia???

wish i had a kraken!!! - 12-3-2014 at 02:08

Once I dissolved Iodine in acetone and then I added Ammonia to it but after few minutes it seems Iodine vanished !!! I don't know what reaction happened???

bismuthate - 12-3-2014 at 03:32

https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=26...
I believe you'd end up with iodoacetone.

woelen - 12-3-2014 at 04:22

I assume that the liquid became yellow and that you also had small amounts of yellow material. What you had was the haloform reaction in which iodoform is formed. Ammonia is sufficiently alkaline to get this reaction.

Search google for "haloform reaction" combined with chloroform or iodoform. I'm quite sure you will find interesting reads.

wish i had a kraken!!! - 12-3-2014 at 06:55

Quote: Originally posted by woelen  
I assume that the liquid became yellow and that you also had small amounts of yellow material. What you had was the haloform reaction in which iodoform is formed. Ammonia is sufficiently alkaline to get this reaction.

Search google for "haloform reaction" combined with chloroform or iodoform. I'm quite sure you will find interesting reads.


I found good reads thanks
But an Idea crossed my mind is that possible to substitute NO3 Ion with Iodine in Iodoacetone???

How?

wish i had a kraken!!! - 12-3-2014 at 06:56

Quote: Originally posted by bismuthate  
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=26...
I believe you'd end up with iodoacetone.


Thanks

TheChemiKid - 12-3-2014 at 07:23

Would this produce any nitrogen triiodide?

Zyklon-A - 12-3-2014 at 07:41

Quote: Originally posted by TheChemiKid  
Would this produce any nitrogen triiodide?

Only if you have an excess of I2 and NH3(aq).
Quote: Originally posted by bismuthate  
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=26...
I believe you'd end up with iodoacetone.

Be carful as iodoacetone is a tear gas.

woelen - 12-3-2014 at 08:02

Iodine and NH3 give NI3 (better: NI3.nNH3, with n possibly up to 10 or so, depending on concentration of NH3), but when acetone is present as well, then the haloform reaction takes preference over the formation of NI3.nNH3.

thebean - 12-3-2014 at 10:24

I'd be careful mixing random things without any idea of what might happen. As a few other people have mentioned you probably produced iodoacetone (a powerful lachrymatory agent so don't breath it in) or nitrogen triiodide which is explosive and very sensitive or a mix of both. Either way they're cool products but not something to take lightly.

wish i had a kraken!!! - 12-3-2014 at 11:34

Quote: Originally posted by TheChemiKid  
Would this produce any nitrogen triiodide?


my purpose was to make Nitrogen triiodide but it appeared I was wrong!!!

wish i had a kraken!!! - 12-3-2014 at 11:44

Quote: Originally posted by thebean  
I'd be careful mixing random things without any idea of what might happen. As a few other people have mentioned you probably produced iodoacetone (a powerful lachrymatory agent so don't breath it in) or nitrogen triiodide which is explosive and very sensitive or a mix of both. Either way they're cool products but not something to take lightly.


U know when I was a Kid I used to make nitrogen triiodide I did it by adding Ammonia on a solution of water+iodine (as u know iodine is insoluble in water so we added KI which helps iodine to form a ligand i guess , it makes iodine soluble in water) so I did the same proses but a new idea crossed my mind (why don't just use acetone instead of water and eliminate use of KI???)

wish i had a kraken!!! - 12-3-2014 at 11:47

What are the dangers of iodoacetone ???

TheChemiKid - 12-3-2014 at 13:31

Please edit your posts if you can so you do not double or triple post.

Metacelsus - 12-3-2014 at 13:59

Iodoacetone (vapor) is a lachrymator even at low concentrations and is toxic by inhalation.

wish i had a kraken!!! - 13-3-2014 at 00:13

What would be the result of the following reaction?
Iodoacetone + AgNO3

thebean - 13-3-2014 at 05:35

I don't know how likely a reaction like that is to occur without extreme conditions. First try figuring out the formula of iodoacetone. 2-propanone is acetone's systematic name, that should help you figure out the formula of iodoacetone.