E-Journal of Chemistry (Jan 2006)

A New, Eco-Friendly Method for Iodination of Activated Arenes

  • R. Sathiyapriya,
  • R. Joel Karunakaran

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/367389
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 65 – 67

Abstract

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An effective, eco-friendly method for iodination of arenes is presented. The reaction of activated aromatics with a mixture of sodium iodate and sodium sulphite in the presence of hydrochloric acid gives mono iodoarenes in high yields.