Many of my students get chlorine Cl, confused with carbon monoiodide CI, despite my promises to use serif fonts whenever possible and to never give them carbon monoiodide in a question.
Everything I know about chemical bonding tells me carbon monoiodide should not exist (CIX4, sure), but weird things happen sometimes. My only results from internet searches for carbon monoiodide bring up a set of flash cards.
Will my students prove me wrong if I tell them that carbon monoiodide does not exist (except possibly in extreme laboratory conditions).
