in neat (no solvent) Tm treated with iodine vapors in two-chamber quartz reactor according toGoryushkin, V. F., et al., Zh. Neorg. Khim., 1996, vol. 41, p. 1536; te mp. of chamber with I2 was 490 K; temp. of chamber with metal was elevated for 150 h to 1100 K; purified by vac. distn. at 1370 K and 0.5 Pa;

in ethylene glycol dimethyl ether absence of air and moisture; excess I2, stirring at room temp. for 48 h,filtration off of TmI3, repeated addn. of further DME, stirring and ref luxing to color change to green; solvent removal (vac., room temp.), recrystn. (DME, -10°C); elem.anal.;

in not given prepared according to Meyer, G., Adv. Synth. React. Solids, 1994, 2, 1.;

in tetrahydrofuran (N2); molar ratio of Tm:I(CH2)2I 2:3; clear THF soln. of triiodide obtained by filtration or decanting;