Australian Journal of Chemistry

Formation of iodides and esters from alcohols and tributyldiiodophosphorane and diiodotriphenylphosphorane

RK Haynes, M Holden

Index: Haynes, Richard K.; Holden, Malcolm Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 35, # 3 p. 517 - 524

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Citation Number: 28

Abstract

Abstract Tributyldiiodophosphorane and diiodotriphenylphosphorane, prepared in situ from the corresponding phosphine and iodine, are generally able to convert primary and secondary alcohols into iodides at room temperature in diethyl ether or benzene containing two equivalents of hexamethylphosphoric triamide. Tertiary alcohols, as gauged by the lack of reactivity of t-butyl alcohol, are, however, inert to these iodinating agents. 6- ...