Aksb. Rao et al., ELECTROPHILIC IODINATION OF 4-NITROIMIDAZOLES - A NEW HIGH-YIELDING METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 4-NITRO-5-IODOIMIDAZOLES, Synthetic communications, 24(3), 1994, pp. 353-366
Electrophilic iodination of 4-nitroimidazoles employing the system KI-
HN3-AcOH provided for the synthesis of 4-nitro-5-iodoimidazoles in hig
h yields. With 2-unsubstituted-4-nitroimidazoles, 2,5-diiodo-4-nitro-i
midazoles were obtained.