Facile Conversion of Primary and Secondary Alcohols to Alkyl Iodides
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 20 (10) , 1473-1479
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919008052864
Abstract
A convenient, simple procedure is described for the conversion of a variety of primary and secondary alcohols to iodides in yields ranging from 60–98%. The method employs the Ph3P/imidazole/I2 combination of reagents in the solvent dichloromethane.Keywords
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