1.2- iodohydrin nitrate

I, 2-Iodohydrin nitrates. Iodine monochloride in chloroform added dropwise to a stirred soln. of Ag-nitrate in chloroform-pyridine, the resulting AgCl removed by filtration, 1-hexene added, and stirred 3 hrs. at room temp. l-iodohexan-2-ol nitrate. Y 83%. F. e., also pyridinium derivs. as products, s. U.E. Diner and... 

The iodide is prepared from an alkaline solution of the nitrate by the addition of potassium iodide. It may be crystallised from boiling alkali. It has M.pt. 271° C., is practically insoluble in organic solvents, and remains unchanged when treated with 20 per cent, hydrochloric acid. With iodine in potassium iodide it reacts slowly, but iodine in. benzene at 140° C. gives di-ep2-iodohydrine, to which Stoehr assigns the structure ... 

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