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Structure of Silver Iodide Dibenzoate

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SIMONINI1 found that the reaction of silver carboxylates with one equivalent of iodine gave compounds of the general formula (R·CO2)2AgI: for example, 2Ph·CO2Ag + I2 → (Ph·CO2)2AgI + AgI. These compounds were further investigated by Wieland and Fischer2, while Crawford and Simonds3 have more recently confirmed a similar formulation for the compounds formed from silver perfluorocarboxylates. Bryce-Smith and Clarke4 have found that homolytic phenylation and electrophilic halogenation and benzoyloxylation can occur when silver iodide dibenzoate and silver bromide dibenzoate react with certain aromatic compounds.

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BEATTIE, I., BRYCE-SMITH, D. Structure of Silver Iodide Dibenzoate. Nature 179, 577–578 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179577a0

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