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  • {{cite journal|title =The Haloform Reaction|author=Reynold C. Fuson and Benton A. Bull|journal=Chemical Reviews

|volume= 15|issue= 3|year= 1934|pages= 275 - 309|doi= 10.1021/cr60052a001}}

  • SERULLAS Ann. chim. 20, 165 (1822);
  • LIEBEN: Ann. Spl. Bd. 7, 218 (1870).
  • LIEBEN: Ann. Spl. Bd. 7, 377 (1870).--Stone (talk) 11:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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Mechanism suspect

I seriously doubt that the mechanism of I2 oxidation of secondary alcohols involves a ternary encounter, as depicted. Besides, no reference is provided. Much more likely in my mind is the α-deprotonation of an R-OI intermediate.

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