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zinc iodide

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zinc iodide

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Also known as Zinc(II) iodide

chemical compound

Chemical data

Formula
I2Zn
Molecular weight
319.2 g/mol
IUPAC name
diiodozinc
SMILES
[Zn](I)I
InChIKey
UAYWVJHJZHQCIE-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Polar surface area
0 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
0
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

Zinc iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula ZnI2. It exists both in anhydrous form and as a dihydrate. Both are white and readily absorb water from the atmosphere. It has no major application.

Preparation

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “zinc iodide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.