Trifluoroiodomethane

Trifluoroiodomethane

Trifluoroiodomethane

Chemical compound

Trifluoroiodomethane, also referred to as trifluoromethyl iodide is a halomethane with the formula CF3I. It is an experimental alternative to Halon 1301 (CBrF3) in unoccupied areas.[1] It would be used as a gaseous fire suppression flooding agent for in-flight aircraft and electronic equipment fires.

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Chemistry

It is used in the rhodium-catalyzed α-trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.[2]

It can be used as a new generation fire extinguishing agent to replace Halon in fire protection systems.[3] The mechanism of extinguishing fires for CF3I is active and primarily based on interruption of the chain reaction in the combustion area of the flame by so-called "negative" catalytic action.[4] It is also used as an eco-friendly insulation gas to replace SF6 in electrical power industry.[5]

In the presence of sunlight or at temperatures above 100 °C it can react with water, forming hazardous by-products such as hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen iodide (HI) and carbonyl fluoride (COF2).[citation needed]

Environmental effects

Trifluoroiodomethane contains carbon, fluorine, and iodine atoms. Although iodine is several hundred times more efficient at destroying stratospheric ozone than chlorine, experiments have shown that because the weak C-I bond breaks easily under the influence of water (owing to the electron-attracting fluorine atoms), trifluoroiodomethane has an ozone depleting potential less than one-thousandth that of Halon 1301 (0.008-0.01). Its atmospheric lifetime, at less than 1 month, is less than 1 percent that of Halon 1301, and less even than hydrogen chloride formed from volcanoes.

There is, however, still the problem of the C-F bonds absorbing in the atmospheric window.[6] However, the IPCC has calculated the 100-year global warming potential of trifluoroiodomethane to be 0.4 (i.e., 40% of that of CO2).[7]

References

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Further reading

  • National Research Council (US) Subcommittee on Iodotrifluoromethane (2004). Iodotrifluoromethane. doi:10.17226/11090. ISBN 978-0-309-09307-1. PMID 25032315.
  • Solomon, Susan; Burkholder, James B.; Ravishankara, A. R.; Garcia, Rolando R. (1994). "Ozone depletion and global warming potentials of CF3I". Journal of Geophysical Research. 99 (D10): 20929. Bibcode:1994JGR....9920929S. doi:10.1029/94JD01833.
  • Duan, Y. Y.; Shi, L.; Sun, L. Q.; Zhu, M. S.; Han, L. Z. (1 March 2000). "Thermodynamic Properties of Trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I)". International Journal of Thermophysics. 21 (2): 393–404. doi:10.1023/A:1006683529436. S2CID 118125837.
  • Duan, Yuan-Yuan; Shi, Lin; Zhu, Ming-Shan; Han, Li-Zhong (January 1999). "Surface tension of trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I)". Fluid Phase Equilibria. 154 (1): 71–77. doi:10.1016/S0378-3812(98)00439-7.
  • Duan, Y. Y.; Sun, L. Q.; Shi, L.; Zhu, M. S.; Han, L. Z. (1 September 1997). "Thermal Conductivity of Gaseous Trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I)". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 42 (5): 890–893. doi:10.1021/je9700378.
  • Duan, Yuan-Yuan; Shi, Lin; Zhu, Ming-Shan; Han, Li-Zhong (1 May 1999). "Critical Parameters and Saturated Density of Trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I)". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 44 (3): 501–504. doi:10.1021/je980251b.
  • Markgraf, Stewart J.; Wells, J. R.; Wiseman, Floyd L. (30 April 1996). Chamber Studies of Photolysis and Hydroxyl Radical Reactions of Trifluoroiodomethane. DTIC ADA318474.
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