Sodium periodate
Names
IUPAC name
Sodium periodate
Other names
Sodium metaperiodate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 232-197-6
RTECS number
  • SD4550000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/HIO4.Na/c2-1(3,4)5;/h(H,2,3,4,5);/q;+1/p-1 checkY
    Key: JQWHASGSAFIOCM-UHFFFAOYSA-M checkY
  • InChI=1/HIO4.Na/c2-1(3,4)5;/h(H,2,3,4,5);/q;+1/p-1
    Key: JQWHASGSAFIOCM-REWHXWOFAO
  • InChI=1S/HIO4.Na/c2-1(3,4)5;/h(H,2,3,4,5);/q;+1/p-1
    Key: JQWHASGSAFIOCM-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • [O-]I(=O)(=O)=O.[Na+]
Properties
NaIO4
Molar mass 213.8918 g/mol
Appearance white crystals
Density 3.865 g/cm3 (anhydrous)
3/210 g/cm3
Melting point 300 °C (572 °F; 573 K) (anhydrous)
175 °C (347 °F; 448 K) (trihydrate) (decomposes)
91 g/L[1]
Solubility soluble in acids
Structure
tetragonal (anhydrous)
trigonal (trihydrate)
Hazards
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 2: Intense or continued but not chronic exposure could cause temporary incapacitation or possible residual injury. E.g. chloroformFlammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. waterInstability 3: Capable of detonation or explosive decomposition but requires a strong initiating source, must be heated under confinement before initiation, reacts explosively with water, or will detonate if severely shocked. E.g. hydrogen peroxideSpecial hazard OX: Oxidizer. E.g. potassium perchlorate
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0
3
OX
Related compounds
Other anions
 sodium perchlorate, sodium perbromate
Other cations
 potassium periodate, periodic acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Sodium periodate is an inorganic salt, composed of a sodium cation and the periodate anion. It may also be regarded as the sodium salt of periodic acid. Like many periodates, it can exist in two different forms: sodium metaperiodate (formula‍ NaIO4) and sodium orthoperiodate (normally Na2H3IO6, but sometimes the fully reacted salt Na5IO6). Both salts are useful oxidising agents.[2]

Preparation

Classically, periodate was most commonly produced in the form of sodium hydrogen periodate (Na3H2IO6).[3] This is commercially available, but can also be produced by the oxidation of iodates with chlorine and sodium hydroxide.[4] Or, similarly, from iodides by oxidation with bromine and sodium hydroxide:

Modern industrial scale production involves the electrochemical oxidation of iodates, on a lead dioxide (PbO2) anode, with the following standard electrode potential:

     E° = 1.6 V[5]

Sodium metaperiodate can be prepared by the dehydration of sodium hydrogen periodate with nitric acid.[3]

Structure

Sodium metaperiodate (NaIO4) forms tetragonal crystals (space group I41/a) consisting of slightly distorted IO−
4 ions with average I–O bond distances of 1.775 Å; the Na+ ions are surrounded by 8 oxygen atoms at distances of 2.54 and 2.60 Å.[6]

Sodium hydrogen periodate (Na2H3IO6) forms orthorhombic crystals (space group Pnnm). Iodine and sodium atoms are both surrounded by an octahedral arrangement of 6 oxygen atoms; however the NaO6 octahedron is strongly distorted. IO6 and NaO6 groups are linked via common vertices and edges.[7]

Powder diffraction indicates that Na5IO6 crystallises in the monoclinic system (space group C2/m).[8]

Uses

Further information: Periodate § Reactions

Sodium periodate can be used in solution to open saccharide rings between vicinal diols leaving two aldehyde groups. This process is often used in labeling saccharides with fluorescent molecules or other tags such as biotin. Because the process requires vicinal diols, periodate oxidation is often used to selectively label the 3′-ends of RNA (ribose has vicinal diols) instead of DNA as deoxyribose does not have vicinal diols.

NaIO4 is used in organic chemistry to cleave diols to produce two aldehydes.[9]

In 2013 the US Army announced that it would replace environmentally harmful chemicals barium nitrate and potassium perchlorate with sodium metaperiodate for use in their tracer ammunition.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Record of Natriumperiodat in the GESTIS Substance Database of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, accessed on 2018-01-08.
  2. ^ Andrew G. Wee, Jason Slobodian, Manuel A. Fernández-Rodríguez and Enrique Aguilar "Sodium Periodate" e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2006. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rs095.pub2
  3. ^ a b Riley, edited by Georg Brauer ; translated by Scripta Technica, Inc. Translation editor Reed F. (1963). Handbook of preparative inorganic chemistry. Volume 1 (2nd ed.). New York, N.Y.: Academic Press. pp. 323–324. ISBN 012126601X. ((cite book)): |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Hill, Arthur E. (October 1928). "Ternary Systems. VII. The Periodates of the Alkali Metals". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 50 (10): 2678–2692. doi:10.1021/ja01397a013.
  5. ^ Parsons, Roger (1959). Handbook of electrochemical constants. Butterworths Scientific Publications Ltd. p. 71.
  6. ^ Kálmán, A.; Cruickshank, D. W. J. (15 November 1970). "Refinement of the structure of NaIO4". Acta Crystallographica Section B. 26 (11): 1782–1785. Bibcode:1970AcCrB..26.1782K. doi:10.1107/S0567740870004880.
  7. ^ Jansen, Martin; Rehr, Anette (1988). "Na2H3IO6, eine Variante der Markasitstruktur". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (in German). 567 (1): 95–100. doi:10.1002/zaac.19885670111.
  8. ^ Betz, T.; Hoppe, R. (May 1984). "Über Perrhenate. 2. Zur Kenntnis von Li5ReO6 und Na5ReO6 – mit einer Bemerkung über Na5IO6". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (in German). 512 (5): 19–33. doi:10.1002/zaac.19845120504.
  9. ^ McMurry, John. Organic chemistry (8th ed., [international ed.] ed.). Singapore: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning. pp. 285–286. ISBN 9780840054531.
  10. ^ "Picatinny to remove tons of toxins from lethal rounds". U.S. Army. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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