Diiodomethane → HCID 131731392, compound

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Diiodomethane (150 mL, 1.86 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (425 g, 1.62 mmol) was dissolved in toluene (500 mL) and the resulting solution heated to 50° C. for eighteen hours. The solution was allowed to cool to room temperature before being filtered. The precipitate was washed with toluene (2×500 mL) before being dried under vacuo to yield the title compound (404 g, 41% yield) as a white solid:

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