Vinyl bromides such as (E)-β-methoxycarbonyl-, (E) or (Z)-β-phenyl-, (Z)-β-ethoxy-, or β,β-dimethylvinyl bromide smoothly reacted with an iodide ion in the presence of nickel catalyst to give the corresponding vinyl iodides with complete retention of configurations.
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Takagi et al. (1978) studied this question.