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1,2-Diiodoethane
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1,2-Diiodoethane is an organoiodine compound.Buckingham John Dictionary of Organic Compounds CRC Press 1990 7 2495 9780412540905 https://books.google.com/books?id=C3Uo1co4Wv0C&dq=%22diiodoethane%22&pg=PA2495 5 January 2014
Preparation and reactions
1,2-Diiodoethane can be prepared by the reaction of ethylene with iodine (I2):Cutherbertson, G.R. Kistiakowsky, G.B. The thermal equilibrium between ethylene iodide, ethylene and iodine J. Chem. Phys. 1935 3 10 631–634 10.1063/1.1749566 1935JChPh...3..631C
C2H4 + I2 C2H4I2
1,2-Diiodoethane is most commonly used in organic synthesis in the preparation of samarium(II) iodide or ytterbium(II) iodide in an inert solvent such as THF. 10.1021/ja00528a029 Divalent lanthanide derivatives in organic synthesis. 1. Mild preparation of samarium iodide and ytterbium iodide and their use as reducing or coupling agents Journal of the American Chemical Society 102 8 2693–2698 1980 Girard P. Namy J. L. Kagan H. B.
Sm + ICH2CH2I → SmI2 + H2C=CH2
Spectral properties
In mass spectroscopy, 1,2-diiodoethane exhibits 5 major peaks, with the base peak showing at 155 m/z, which is the loss of one iodine atom (127 m/z).
References
Category:Iodoalkanes
Category:Haloethanes