Help with chemical reaction

[Mawkish]

I had a lab and now im bit confused about the reaction
What I did is I added 4 drops of 0,1 m FeCl₃ to 4 drops of 0,1 m KI. Then i added C₆H₆ and shaked the test tube a bit. Result was Oily yellow colored benzene like liquid and above it dark blood red liquid.

1st reaction is simple which has 2 options i came up FeCl₃ + KI --- FeCl₃ + 3 KI = FeI₃ + 3 KCl

and the 2nd one would be

2 FeCl₃ + 2 KI = 2 FeCl₂ + I₂ + 2 KCl

2nd reaction seemed to fit better in this situation due the free I₂, because FeCl₂ or KI salts dont react with benzene.

So my problem is what happened with the benzene and free iodide. Does it form a C₆H₅I or something else?

[ChenBeier]

It's only iodine dissolved in benzene and also in water.
A reaction of iodine with benzene need other stronger reactants
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[levelexpect]

I had a lab and now im bit confused about the reaction
What I did is I added 4 drops of 0,1 m FeCl₃ to 4 drops of 0,1 m KI. Then i added C₆H₆ and shaked the test tube a bit. Result was Oily yellow colored benzene like liquid and above it dark blood red liquid.

1st reaction is simple which has 2 options i came up FeCl₃ + KI --- FeCl₃ + 3 KI = FeI₃ + 3 KCl

and the 2nd one would be

2 FeCl₃ + 2 KI = 2 FeCl₂ + I₂ + 2 KCl

2nd reaction seemed to fit better in this situation due the free I₂, because FeCl₂ or KI salts dont react with benzene.

So my problem is what happened with the benzene and free iodide. Does it form a C₆H₅I or something else?

The oily yellow liquid is likely iodobenzene (C₆H₅I), which forms due to the reaction of iodine (I₂) with benzene (C₆H₆) in the presence of the iron(III) chloride catalyst. The dark blood-red liquid is iodine dissolved in benzene.

[ChenBeier]

This works only in absence of water.