... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 27, Issue 33, 1986, Pages 3891–3894. Cover image Cover image. SmI 2 -induced iodomethylation of carbonyl compounds ☆. ... Fukuoka 812, Japan. Received 10 May 1986, Available online 9 March 2001. Abstract. Carbonyl compounds were readily coupled with diiodomethane or dibromomethane at room temperature affording iodohydrins in high yields by the aid of SmI ...