Nomenclature
CAS number: 533-58-4
C
6H
5IO; mol wt 220.01.
C 32.75%, H 2.29%, I 57.68%, O 7.27%.
Description and references
Prepd by the action of iodine on o-chloromercuriphenol in chloroform: Whitmore, Hanson, Org. Synth. 4, 37 (1925).
Properties
Plates from ligroin, mp 43°. d80 1.8757. bp160 186-187°. Sol in alcohol, ether,
chloroform, carbon disulfide, benzene; fairly sol in hot water.