Thallium(I) hydroxide

<h2 id="synthesis">Synthesis</h2>
<p>Thallium(I) hydroxide is obtained from the decomposition of thallium(I) ethoxide in water.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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CH3CH2OTl + H2O → TlOH + <a href="/facts/Ethanol/3lCLfBSP">CH3CH2OH</a>
<p>This can also be done by direct reaction of thallium with <a href="/facts/Ethanol/3lCLfBSP">ethanol</a> and <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a> gas.
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4 Tl + 2 CH3CH2OH + O2 → 2 CH3CH2OTl + 2 TlOH
<p>Another method is the reaction between <a href="/facts/Thallium(I)_sulfate/rfozykfK">thallium(I) sulfate</a> and <a href="/facts/Barium_hydroxide/4nLXpQPQ">barium hydroxide</a>.
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Tl2SO4 + Ba(OH)2 → 2 TlOH + <a href="/facts/Barium_sulfate/QrjdoS1k">BaSO4</a>
<h2 id="properties">Properties</h2>
<p>Thallium(I) hydroxide is a strong <a href="/facts/Base_(chemistry)/M9wA7qeM">base</a>; it <a href="/facts/Dissociation_(chemistry)/gDRGdeSN">dissociates</a> to <a href="/facts/Thallium/v35pGMJB">thallium</a>(I) <a href="/facts/Cations/wrbwhF3z">cations</a>, Tl+, and <a href="/facts/Hydroxide/zW0wxpWD">hydroxide</a> <a href="/facts/Anions/wrbwhF3z">anions</a>, OH−, except in strongly <a href="/facts/Base_(chemistry)/M9wA7qeM">basic conditions</a>. Tl+ cation resembles an <a href="/facts/Alkali_metal/IkWbCLk2">alkali metal</a> cation, such as <a href="/facts/Lithium/7vXX6BWA">Li</a>+, <a href="/facts/Sodium/eYuSPu2V">Na</a>+ or <a href="/facts/Potassium/FWPwS7Rj">K</a>+.
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Brauer, Georg; Baudler, Marianne (1975). Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie, Band I. (3rd ed.). Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. p. 883. ISBN 3-432-02328-6. <a href="3-432-02328-6" target="_blank">3-432-02328-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Thallium(I) hydroxide