Chemistry
Iodine pentafluoride is a strong fluorination agent and is highly oxidative. It reacts vigorously with water forming hydrofluoric acid and with more fluorine forming iodine heptafluoride.
Primary amines react with iodine pentafluoride forming nitriles after hydrolysis with water.
- R-CH2-NH2 → R-CN
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