Iodoglyoxalic esters have not yet been described, although chloroglyoxalic esters')(1) are well known3). We report the preparation, isolation, and acylative cleavage reactions of representative iodoglyoxalates (2a-i), which we obtained by the reaction of 1 with sodium iodide in acetonitrile and extraction into pentane, using our low-temperature reactor- extractor4). All chloroglyoxalates la-i reacted smoothly with sodium iodide at 25 C or ...
