Iodotrifluoroethylene
# Iodotrifluoroethylene

Iodotrifluoroethylene is the organofluorine compound with the formula C $_2F$ $_3I.$ It is a volatile colorless liquid.

## Preparation and reactions

It is prepared by iodination of trifluorovinyl lithium.

Iodotrifluoroethylene reacts with cadmium metal to give $CdC_2F_3(I).$

It reacts with nitric oxide under UV light, producing a nitroso compound, with iodine as a byproduct:

    2 C $_2F$ $_3I$ + 2 NO → 2 C $_2F$ $_3NO$ + I $_2$
