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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 33, 2003 - Issue 14
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An Alternative Method for the Highly Selective Iodination of Alcohols Using a CsI/BF3·Et2O System

Safdar Hayat International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Atta-ur-Rahman International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Khalid Mohammed Khan International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. Iqbal Choudhary International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ghulam Murtaza Maharvi International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Zia-Ullah International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ernst Bayer International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Pages 2531-2540 | Received 20 Sep 2002, Published online: 20 Aug 2006
 
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Abstract

A variety of allylic and benzylic alcohols have been converted into the corresponding iodides using cesium iodide (CsI) in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate (BF3·Et2O) in acetonitrile under mild conditions.

Acknowledgment

We express our gratitude to the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD, Bonn, Germany) for a sandwich-type scholarship granted to Safdar Hayat.

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