Structure via PubChem · Public domain (PubChem)
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.