• Can be used in refluxing pyridine or collidine for selective cleavage of methyl esters: Rocz. Chem., 30, 323 (1956); Helv. Chim. Acta, 43, 113 (1960). For review and comparison with other methods, see: Org. React., 24, 187 (1976).
• Also cleaves aralkyl ethers in collidine: Chem. Commun., 616 (1969); J. Am. Chem. Soc., 103, 4247 (1981).
• For rearrangement of oxaspiropentane to cyclobutanone with LiI, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 320 (1988).