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All articles of this category Polycyclic aromatic iodides 2 and 4 are prepared from readily available bromides 1 and 3 via the copper(I) iodide-mediated halogen exchange with iodide ion in hot hexamethylphosphoric triamide.
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Suzuki et al. (1986) studied this question.
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