The α-cleavage reaction of vicinal diols with mercuric oxide–iodine reagent is shown to predominate over oxidation and abstraction processes. The stability of the O–I bond in 4-phenylbutanol has been investigated and conditions which favour homolysis have been shown to give products arising from γ-abstraction reactions.
A. Goosen and H. A. H. Laue, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1969, 383 DOI: 10.1039/J39690000383
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