Sodium Iodide → 6-Phenyl-1-hexyl iodide

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6-Bromo-1-phenylhexane (18.02 g, 0.075 mol) was dissolved in acetone (300 ml), NaI (44.85 g, 0.299 mol) was added, and the mixture heated at reflux temperature for 18 hours. This was filtered and the acetone evaporated under reduced pressure to give a residual mass which was extracted with n-pentane (150 ml). The insoluble solid was filtered off and the filtrate evaporated to give 6-iodo-1-phenylhexane as a colourless liquid (21.22 g, 99%).

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