Talk:Uranium(III) iodide

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http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.75546.html suggests covalent U-I bonds. That makes I3U the correct formula.

https://iupac.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Inorganic-Brief-Guide-V1-3.pdf then dictates that the correct name is uranium tris(iodide) or (better?) triiodouranium.

Uranium triiodide suggests it is a salt leading to a formula like U3+·3I3- or UI9.

https://echa.europa.eu/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.033.992 shows a salt with formula [U3+]·3[I-] or UI3 thus IUPAC recommends the name uranium tris(iodide).

To make things worse: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/21115931

Who can shine some light on this?

Regards, Simon de Danser (talk) 10:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)