Reaction of magnesium iodide with tosylates

1 January 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 21,p. 821b-822
https://doi.org/10.1039/c3973000821b

Abstract

Alkyl iodides are obtained in good yield from the reaction of MgI₂ with tosylates; depending on the structure of the starting material the mechanism is S_N1 or S_N2; in several cases, elimination products are observed.

Keywords

STRUCTURE
MAGNESIUM IODIDE
GOOD
MGI2
SN2
SN1
TOSYLATES ALKYL

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