On the structure of tert-butyl hypoiodite

DD Tanner, GC Gidley, N Das, JE Rowe…

Index: Tanner; Gidley; Das; Rowe; Potter Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984 , vol. 106, # 18 p. 5261 - 5267

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Abstract

Abstract: A compound known as “terr-butyl hypoiodite” has hitherto been referred to in the literature as a reagent with some synthetic utility. Three methods of preparation have been used to make this material: the reaction of tert-butyl hypochlorite with iodine, the reaction of tert-butyl hypochlorite with metal iodides, and the reaction of potassium tert-butoxide with iodine. Physical and chemical evidence is offered to show that the reagent obtained from ...