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OTHER POSSIBLE CONDITIONS:

1.) Use of 1 equivalent of 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide or other halides in vials, 1 equivalent of a strong acid at 0°C and allowed to stir.

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(Reference: Ren, R. X.; Wu, J. X. Org. Lett. 2001, 3(23), 3727 – 3728. DOI:10.1021/ol016672r)

 

 

2.) An alkyl chloride would have to be created first and then a substitution with Iodine.

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(Reference: Baughman, T. W.; Sworen, J. C.;Wagener, K. B. Tetrahedron, 200460, 10943-10948. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2004.09.021)

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

3.) Treatment of primary and secondary alcohols with MeSCH═NMe2+ I− gave the corresponding alkyl iodide in relatively decent yield.IMAGE 3

 

 

 

 

HTML QUESTION

 Provide three other sets of reaction conditions that could have been used for the conversion of the alcohol to the alkyl iodide.

CONDITIONS USED FOR YOUR ORIGINAL SYNTHESIS: PPH3 & I2 Complex with SN2 chemistry

 

(References: Ellwood, A. R.; Porter M. J. J. Org. Chem.200974, 7982-7985. DOI: 10.1021/jo901415n)