Chemistry:Thallium(I) hydroxide

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Thallium(I) hydroxide[1]
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Names
IUPAC name
thallium(I) hydroxide
Other names
thallous hydroxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 234-708-8
UNII
Properties
TlOH
Molar mass 221.39 g·mol−1
Appearance yellow needles
Density 7.44 g/cm3
Melting point decomposes at 139°C
34.3 g/(100 g) at 18°C
Thermochemistry
88.0 J·mol−1·K−1
−238.9 kJ·mol−1
Hazards
Main hazards Very toxic

Corrosive Dangerous for the environment

GHS pictograms GHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
GHS Signal word Danger
H300, H330, H373, H411
P260, P264, P270, P271, P273, P284, P301+310, P304+340, P310, P314, P320, P330, P391, P403+233, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Thallium(I) hydroxide, also called thallous hydroxide, TlOH, is a hydroxide of thallium, with thallium in oxidation state +1.

Synthesis

Thallium(I) hydroxide is obtained from the decomposition of thallium(I) ethoxide in water.[3]

CH
3
CH
2
OTl + H
2
O → TlOH + CH
3
CH
2
OH

This can also be done by direct reaction of thallium with ethanol and oxygen gas.

4 Tl + 2 CH
3
CH
2
OH + O
2
→ 2 CH
3
CH
2
OTl + 2 TlOH

Another method is the reaction between thallium(I) sulfate and barium hydroxide.

Tl
2
SO
4
+ Ba(OH)
2
→ 2 TlOH + BaSO
4

Properties

Thallous hydroxide is a strong base; it dissociates to the thallous ion, Tl+
, except in strongly basic conditions. Tl+
resembles an alkali metal ion, such as Li+
or K+
.

References

  1. Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 4–89, 5–16. ISBN 0-8493-0594-2. 
  2. "Thallium hydroxide" (in en). https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/160963#section=Safety-and-Hazards. 
  3. Brauer, Georg; Baudler, Marianne (1975). Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie, Band I. (3rd ed.). Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. pp. 883. ISBN 3-432-02328-6.