2-Iodopropane is used to prepare butyric and isobutyric acid, as a solvent, also used in medicine and organic synthesis.
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Applications
2-Iodopropane is used to prepare butyric and isobutyric acid, as a solvent, also used in medicine and organic synthesis.
Solubility
Soluble in water(1.4g/L).
Notes
Light Sensitive. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers. Keep container tightly closed.
RUO – Research Use Only
The ring-opening of cyclic thionocarbonates followed by reductive elimination with zinc to give alkenes provides an alternative to the Corey-Winter desulfurization method (see Triethyl phosphite, L00339): Tetrahedron Lett., 3793 (1973).