Saw at a vet pharmacy an ether solution of iodoform, 5 % concentration, sold in 20 ml bottles, as a disinfectant. Anything useful I can do with it?UC235 - 8-4-2016 at 10:23
Reduce it to diiodomethane with horrifying quantities of arsenous acid?
Technically you could digest it with hydroxide or alkoxide to iodide salts but every bottle (which is probably a few dollars) would only yield ~1.15g
of NaI. Going rate for iodides seems to be about 10-20 cents per gram so unless you need teeny quantities to play with, it's a waste of time and
money.CuReUS - 11-4-2016 at 02:37
