Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A mild and effective procedure for directly converting secondary, tertiary and benzylic alcohols into the corresponding iodides is described using I 2 in refluxing petroleum ether. The reaction proceeds with inversion of configuration. ... A mild and effective procedure for directly ...