Reaction details

ethanol

hydrogen iodide

hydrogen iodide

⟶Δ

iodoethane

water

This is a "Bimolecular Nucleophillic Substitution (SN2)"-reaction.

Same reagents

ethanol + hydrogen iodide → ethane + iodine + water

Potentially competing

Lessons

Substitution Reactions of Alcohols

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Reaction added to the database on October 27, 2020, last modified on February 1, 2023.