because it has a polymeric structure. Fluorides often differ from the heavier halides.

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Redox

Halides cannot be reduced under the usual laboratory conditions, but they all can be oxidized to the parent halogens, which are diatomic. Especially for iodide and less so for the lighter halides, intermediates can be observed and isolated. Best characterized is triiodide.

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