ethyl hydride

[ETHANE.] ethyl-iodide, s. Chem.: C2H3I, iodide of ethyl, hydriodic ether, iodethane. Ethyl-iodide is prepared by gradually adding ten parts of iodine to one part of red phos then distilling. It is a colorle liquid, boiling at phorus and five parts of 90 per cent, alcohol, and 72.5°. Heated with water to 150° in a sealed tube, it is decomposed in alcohol and hydriodic acid. By heating with exce of hydriodic acid to 150°, it is converted into eithane, C2H51+HI=C2H6+12. ethyl-oxalate, s.