seeing that typo up there (HCI) reminded me of a question that i may as well try to ask here, as evidently the mods aren't on patrol for insignificance violations, and i wouldn't know where else to put it.
(there's no way i'm using the search engine for this, so don't even bother scolding me with that one.)
i was wondering if there wasn't a means of adding Hcl (50%) and iodine into a flask, plus a missing element, that would permit HI to bee formed pre-rxn; and the cl would bee coaxed away by the missing element; in a double displacement rxn that left an irrelevant salt, to bee removed later.
what might a sliver of Na do in such a scenario, if the Hcl was introduced anhydrously, as gas?
and how might i ask other questions without starting a thread, if they don't fit anywhere?
like this one;
could this rxn take place with gaseous precursor and HI?
assuming a rig that could bee maintained with inert gas fill and a slow introduction of H2?
might it bee possible for Hcl to do the job of HI, if it was a gas? fairly hot one? (it would need to bee as hot as the vapor point of the precursor, i'd assume)
