Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry (Jan 2013)
2-Methoxyethanol: A remarkably efficient and alternative reaction medium for iodination of reactive aromatics using iodine and iodic acid
Abstract
Remarkably effective iodination of reactive aromatics carried out using iodine and iodic acid in 2-methoxyethanol as an efficient and alternative reaction medium. The comparison has been made by carrying out iodination reaction in acetic acid and ethanol. The 2-methoxyethanol is found to be excellent reaction solvent in terms of clean reaction conditions, short reaction time giving quantitative yields of product and no need of further purification.
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