This reagent is one of my favorite ones for replacing an alcohol with an iodine.

Eric Kool's lab has made good use of it to iodinate the 5'-OH after automated synthesis of a DNA strand.
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Category: Synthesis
Posted on: August 22, 2007 7:45 PM, by Molecule of the Day
This reagent is one of my favorite ones for replacing an alcohol with an iodine.

Eric Kool's lab has made good use of it to iodinate the 5'-OH after automated synthesis of a DNA strand.
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