iodide

Iodide
Systematic name Iodide[1]
Identifiers
CAS number	20461-54-5 Y
PubChem	30165
ChemSpider	28015 Y
KEGG	C00708 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:16382
ChEMBL	CHEMBL185537 Y
Beilstein Reference	3587184
Gmelin Reference	14912
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES [I-]
InChI InChI=1S/HI/h1H/p-1 Y Key: XMBWDFGMSWQBCA-UHFFFAOYSA-M Y
Properties
Molecular formula	I−
Molar mass	126.90447 g mol-1
Exact mass	126.904468420 g mol-1
Related compounds
Other anions	Bromide Chloride Fluoride
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

An iodide ion is the ion I⁻.^[2] Compounds with iodine in formal oxidation state −1 are called iodides. This page is for the iodide ion and its salts. For information on organoiodides, see organohalides. In everyday life, iodide is most commonly encountered as a component of iodized salt, which many governments mandate. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.^[3]

Structure and characteristics of inorganic iodides

Iodide is one of the largest (monoatomic) anions. It is assigned a radius of around 220 picometers. For comparison, the lighter halides are considerably smaller: bromide (196 pm), chloride (181 pm), and fluoride (133 pm). In part because of its size, iodine forms relatively weak bonds with most elements.

Most iodide salts are soluble in water, but often less so than the related chlorides and bromides. Iodide, being large, is less hydrophilic than are the smaller anions. One consequence of this is that sodium iodide is highly soluble in acetone, whereas sodium chloride is not. The low solubility of silver iodide and lead iodide reflects the covalent character of these metal iodides. A test for the presence of iodide ions is the formation of yellow precipitates of these compounds upon treatment of a solution of silver nitrate or lead(II) nitrate.^[2]

Aqueous solutions of iodide salts dissolve iodine better than pure water. This effect is due to the formation of the triiodide ion, which is brown:

I⁻ + I₂ ⇌ I₃⁻

Redox, including antioxidant properties

Iodide salts are mild reducing agents and many react with oxygen to give iodine. A reducing agent is a chemical term for an antioxidant. Its antioxidant properties can be expressed quantitatively as a redox potential:

I⁻ ⇌ 1/2 I₂ + e⁻ (electrons) = - 0.54 Volt vs SHE

Because iodide is easily oxidized, some enzymes readily convert it into electrophilic iodinating agents, as required for the biosynthesis of myriad iodide-containing natural products. Iodide can function as an antioxidant reducing species that can destroy reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide:

2 I⁻ + Peroxidase + H₂O₂ + tyrosine, histidine, lipid, etc. → iodo-Compounds + H₂O + 2 e⁻ (antioxidants).

Representative iodides

References

External links

• "Seaweed use iodine as an antioxidant". Chemistry World blog. http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/cw/?p=956. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
• "Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skies, study suggests". http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uom-ssc050608.php. Retrieved 2008-05-15.