Organic syntheses involving iodotrimethylsilane, e.g. cleavage of esters, ethers, snd carbamates under mild conditions, have advantages but Me3SiI is not readily obtainable and is also a sensitive compound. These difficulties are overcome by the Me3SiSiMe3/I2 reagent which can be used for convenient in‐situ generation of Me3SiI. equation image
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Olah et al. (1979) studied this question.