• More powerful electrophilic iodinating agent than iodine e.g. for aromatic substitution. For examples of its use in AcOH for aromatic iodination, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 2, 196, 343 (1943).
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Reacts with Benzyltrimethylammonium chloride, A16759 to form benzyltrimethylammonium dichloroiodide, a useful reagent for the iodination of phenols: Chem. Lett., 2109 (1987).• For use in combination with NaN3 for the iodoazidation of an olefin, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 893 (1988).
• The 1:1 complex with pyridine has been recommended as a mild and efficient iodinating agent for a wide range aromatic compounds: J. Chem. Res., 405 (1994). Condensed polycyclic iodides which cannot readily be prepared by direct iodination methods are formed by reaction of the same complex with the organomercurials: J. Chem. Res. (Synop.), 405 (1995).